________________
56
İNTRODUCTION
Rānāyana
He seems to be the same as the founder of a school of Sāmaveda. Katha (Kanva ?)
Dr. Schrader reads Kanva for Katha and seems to identify him with the founder of a school of Vājasaneyin-Samhitā. Madhyandina,
The fourth section (Brāhmana) of the Brhad Āranyaka is called the Purusa-vidha-Brāhmana by the Madhyandinas named after their master. There are two recensions of the Vājasaneyin-Samhitā, that of the Mādhyandina and that of the Kārva-school, which, however differ very little from each other. Pippalada
"Pippalāda, here referred to, is identified by Dr. Barua as the venerable sage mentioned in the Praśnopanişad, a contemporary O Sukeśas Bhāradvāja, Saivya Satyakāma, Sauryāyanin Gārgya, Kauśalya Asvalayana, Bhargava Vaidarbhi and Kabandhin (or Kakud) Katyayana, the six seekers after truth, who put to him questions one by one, as Atharvanika, the compiler of a recension of Atharva Veda, and as the historical founder of the Sankhya philosophy. Badarāyana--
Badarāyana is looked upon as the traditional author of the Brahma-Sutras. A tradition at least a thousand years old identifies him with Krsna Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, the son of Parāśara and Satyavati and the reputed author of the Mahābhārata. He is quoted in the Jaiminiya Sutras (I. 1.5; V. 2.19 etc.). There is another Bādarāyana mentioned as the author of a Smrti." Svişțaksd
Dr. Schrader considers this name as fantastic.
1. See "History of Dharma Sastra" by P. V. Kane M.A. LL.M. There is a grammarian also of this name. See Dr. A. C. Burnell's work styled as "On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians” (p. 32.)
2. From an etymological speculation about his name we may consider him as one fond of eating pippala fruit, just as Kanāda is assumed to be an eater of kana (the particle of rice).
3. This may have a reference to the physical deformity or to the lesser degree of the brain-power or intellect since this word implies a headless trunk.
4. "See "History of Dharma” p. 71+.
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
