HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Sakala
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Sankhayana
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Asvalayan
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Sawnaka
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pratiśākhya literally means “ belonging to each śākhā". In the Rigveda the Pratishakhya available today is ascribed to Shaunaka. This is also known as Śākala Pratiśākhya and belongs to Śaiśirīya Śākhā, a branch of “Śākala Śākhā".
Detailed explanation-2: -Which among the following is an extant Shaka of the Rigveda Samhita? Notes: Rigveda is the oldest Veda . In it, only two shakas of the Rig-Veda, Shakala sakha and Baskala shaka, remain alive out of the 21 which existed at one time.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Rig Veda is the earliest of the four Vedas and one of the most important texts of the Hindu tradition. It is a large collection of hymns in praise of the gods, which are chanted in various rituals. They were composed in an archaic language named Vedic that gradually evolved into classical Sanskrit.