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{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific_prefix = Acharya<br />
| name = Sankhyayana<br />
| native_name = आचार्य शाङ्खायन<br />
| occupation = Vedic sage, Philosopher, Teacher, Author and Seer of Vedas<br />
| era = Vedic Period<br />
| known_for = [[Sankhyayana Brahmana]] of [[Rigveda]]<br />
| footnotes = The author of Kaushitaki or Sankhyayana Brahmana<br />
}}<br />
'''Sankhyayana''' (Sanskrit: शाङ्खायन) was a Vedic sage mentioned in the text [[Rigveda|Rigaveda]]. He was the sage of [[Vasishtha|Vashishtha]] lineage. He was the author of the text ''Kaushitaki Brahmana'' of Rigaveda which later called as [[Sankhyayana Brahmana]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2022-07-24 |title=Creation of Brahmā—His Vision of Nārāyaṇa [Chapter 8] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-bhagavata-purana/d/doc1127055.html |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Knapp |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2KPChj7lTwC&q=sage+sankhyayana |title=The Heart of Hinduism: The Eastern Path to Freedom, Empowerment, and Illumination |date=2005 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=978-0-595-35075-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=General |first=India Office of the Registrar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1fccAQAAMAAJ |title=Census of India, 1961 |date=1962 |publisher=Manager of Publications |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
The Vedic sage Sankhyayana had been mentioned in several ancient texts of [[Hinduism]]. He was the ''[[Acharya]]'' of the notable sages Parashara and Brihspati, etc.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2017-02-28 |title=Sankhyayana, Sāṅkhyāyana: 2 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sankhyayana |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> In [[Bhagavata Purana|Srimad Bhagavatam Purana]], he is mentioned as the listener of the text from the sage [[Four Kumaras|Sanatkumara]]. He was the chief sage among the transcendental sages [[Maitreya (Mahābhārata)|Maitreya]], [[Parashara]] and [[Brihaspati|Brihspati]], etc. when the sage Sanatkumara was describing the glories of [[Vishnu|Lord Vishnu]] to them. He inquired about the knowledge of Srimad Bhagavatam to the sage Sanatkumara. Then the sage Sanatkumara explained the text Srimad Bhagavatam to him.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hudson |first=D. Dennis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IE8DwAAQBAJ |title=The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram |date=2008-09-25 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-536922-9 |language=en}}</ref> In the Vedic tradition, a Griha Sutra text is attributed to the sage Sankhyayana called as ''Sankhyayana Griha Sutra''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raman |first=Sita Anantha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOPNEAAAQBAJ&q=sage+sankhyayana |title=Women in India: A Social and Cultural History [2 volumes] |date=2009-06-08 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-01440-6 |language=en}}</ref> Similarly there is another text of ''Tantra Vidya'' attributed to him known as ''Sankhyayanatantram''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chowkhamba Krishnadas Academy |first=Varanasi |url=https://archive.org/details/FqaU_sankhyayana-tantra-of-sankhyayana-with-hindi-commentary-by-kapildev-narayan-vitt |title=Sankhyayana Tantra Of Sankhyayana With Hindi Commentary By Kapildev Narayan, Vittal Das Sanskrit Series 30 Chowkhamba Krishnadas Academy, Varanasi}}</ref><br />
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[[Hermann Oldenberg]] in his translation of the text "The Griha Sutra" had considered the proper name of the sage Sankhyayana as ''Suyajña''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2014-09-04 |title=Introduction |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/sankhayana-grihya-sutra/d/doc116454.html |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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