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Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya

The Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya, ascribed to Śaunaka, is a prātiśākhya work of the Ṛgveda.

Approximate Date of Creation

First millennium B.C.

Author

Śaunaka

Text Group

A group of texts

Text Type

References

Müller, Max (ed.) (1869), Rig-Veda-Prātiśākhya. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

Texts

Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya

The Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya, ascribed to Kātyāyana, is a prātiśākhya work of the Śukla (White) Yajurveda.

Authors

The Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya and the Atharvavedaprātiśākhya are ascribed to Śaunaka.

Linguistic Traditions

Prātiśākhya and śikṣā

Śikṣā (literally ‘instruction’, particularly ‘instruction in reciting’) is the native tradition of phonetics, teaching proper articulation and pronunciation of Vedic texts. Traditionall...