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Shaunaka is the name applied to teachers, and to a
Shakha of the
Atharvaveda. It is especially the name of a celebrated
Sanskrit grammarian, author of the, the, the and other works. He is claimed as the teacher of
Katyayana and especially of
Ashvalayana, and is said to have united the Bashkala and Shakala Shakhas of the
Rigveda. In legend, he's sometimes identified with
Gritsamada, a Vedic Rishi. According to the
Vishnu Purana, Shaunaka was the son of Gritsamada, and invented the system of the four levels of human life.
is attributed to Shaunaka who taught it to others in a a satra-yajna (a 12-day very large scale collective yajna) held in
Naimisha according to Vishnumitra of Champa town, the commentator of 's commentary of (Ref.1 and 2) .
Shaunaka had a prominent role in the epic
Mahābhārata. The epic Mahābhārata was narrated to Shaunaka by a story teller named
Ugrasrava Sauti during a conclave of sages headed by Shaunaka in a forest named
Naimisha.
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