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| | shakha | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon |
 | | The scholars of a given shakha are properly called a, but the term shakha is used also to refer to the members of a school. |
 | | Shaunaka in his lists the shakhas for each Veda:5 for the Rigveda,,, Ashvalayana, Shankhayana, Mandukayana,42 or 44 for the Yajurveda, out of a reputed total of 68,12 for the Samaveda (but a thousand are said to have once existed),9 for the Atharvaveda.Only a small number of recensions have survived. |
 | | The Rigveda is known in the Shakala-shakha only (with surviving Bashkala fragments), the Yajurveda is known in five (partially in six) shakhas (Vajasaneyi Madhandina, Kanva; Taittiriya, Maitrayani, Caraka-Katha, Kapisthala-Katha), the Samaveda in one or two (Jaiminiya and Kauthuma), the Atharvaveda in two (Shaunakiya and Paippalada). |
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