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[Vol. VI., No. 1
and his head actually dropped on the earth. The thieves, mistak-
ing his bones for something else, carried them away.' In the
Mah膩bh膩rata, 艢akalya is referred to as a R峁�i devoted to Lord
Sankara and as having performed a mental sacrifice (Manomaya
Yaj帽a) for nine hundred years. S盲kalya has three epithets :
Vidagdha, Sthavira and Vedamitra. It seems most probable that
these three epithets refer to one and the same person.
The home of Sakalya: From the above mentioned dis-
cussion between Yajnavalkya and Sakalya Vidagdha, it is clear
that 艢akalya was present in the sacrifice of King Janaka. The
kingdom of Janaka was Mithila, the northern part of the modern
Bihar. So it may be inferred that Sakalya was the resident of
Northern India. From the northern part of the country, the
Samhita might have extended to the far distant regions of
the Country.
Five Sisyas of Sakalya: The Pur膩峁嘺s and the other texts
dealing with the Sakhas of the 峁歡veda unanimously hold the
view that the 艢akala-Sakha ramified into five sub-recensions.
These five sub-recensions were founded by five Rsis who were
the pupils of Sakalya. According to 艢r墨madbh膩gavata-Pur膩峁嘺
艢akalya gave five forms to his Samhita. The Vi峁ａ箛u-Pur膩峁嘺,
too, holds the same view. The Vayu and the Brahma峁囜笉a
Pur膩峁嘺s are of similar opinion. Uvata in his commentary on
the RK.-Pr膩ti艣膩khya quotes an identical verse." From the
citations of the Pur膩nas and other treatises it is obvious that the
Rgveda in the 艢akala school was divided into five S膩kh膩s. The
names of these five 艢膩kh膩s are:
(i) The Mudgala-艢膩kh膩
(ii) The Vatsya-艢膩kh膩
(iii) The Saliya-Sakha
1. Adhyaya III, Br膩hma峁嘺 9th.
2. Anus膩sana-parva, 14.100.
3. Bhag., XII, 6.57.
4. Visnu, III. 4.22.
5. Vayu, 60.65. |
6. Commentary on RK-Pratisakhya.
Jan., 1964] SA泻HAS OF RGVEDA IN THE PURANAS
(iv) The G盲lava-S膩kh膩 and
(v) The Sai艣ir墨ya-艢膩kh膩
103 (i) The Mudgala-Sakha: The Mudgala-艢膩kh膩 was one of the
five subdivisions of this s膩kh膩. It is remarkable that when
all the texts vary on the names of other Sakala-subdivisions
they invariably mention Mudgala as a subdivision of the
艢akala 艢膩kh膩.
The name of Mudgala occurs at several places. As he
was the son of Bh峁沵ya艣va, he was called Bh膩rmya艣va Mudgala,
In the B峁沨ad-devata of Saunaka also he is mentioned as
Bh膩rmya艣va Mudgala. The Pur膩峁嘺s are well acquainted with
him. According to 艢r墨madbh膩gavata, Mudgala was a son of
Bh膩rmya艣va and from him sprang the Br膩hma峁嘺 family of the
Maudgalyas. He was the father of twins-Divod膩sa and Ahaly膩.
He was a pupil of Sakalya. Similar descriptions are given
in the Vayu, the Visnu and the Brahmanda Puranas. In the
Matsya-Purana he is regarded as the son of Bhadr膩艣va. Here
also he is described as Mantra-k峁泃. It seems that Bhadr膩艣va is
a variant reading of Bh峁沵ya艣va or Bharmya艣va which occurs
in the B峁沨ad-devata. The Valmikiya R膩m膩ya峁嘺 is acquainted
with a Maudgalya. In the B峁沨adaranyaka-upani峁�at a Naka-
Maudgalya finds mention. The Mahabharata is aware of a
Mudgala or Maudgalya who was well-versed in Veda-vidya. He
was one of the priests in the Serpent-sacrifice of Janamejaya."
He was the resident of Kuruk峁�etra. He went to see Bhisma
lying on the bed of arrows," and is said to have taken a golden
house from king Satadyumna."
10 The name of Mudgala occurs among the teachers of the
Rgveda in the 膧艣valayana and Sankhayana Sutras. This S膩kh膩
has not come down to us in any form.
1. ganat mr谩za 忙fajn a gavi a gmar Nirukta, IX. 23
2. Brhad-devat盲, VI. 46.
3. Bhag., IX. 21; 31-34; XII. 6 57.
4. Vayu, 63,60, 64; Visnu, III. 4.22; Brahmanda, II. 32.109.
5. Matsya, 50.53. 145. 103.
7. Adiparva, 47.6. .
9. Santi-parva, 47.9.
10. Ibid. 234.32
6. R膩m膩ya峁嘺, II. 73.102.
8. Vana-parva, 260.3,