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	Shaunaka had a prominent role in the epic [[Mahābhārata]]. The epic Mahābhārata was narrated to Shaunaka by a storyteller named [[Ugrasrava Sauti]] during a conclave of sages headed by Shaunaka in a forest named [[Naimisha Forest\|Naimisha]].		Shaunaka had a prominent role in the epic [[Mahābhārata]]. The epic Mahābhārata was narrated to Shaunaka by a storyteller named [[Ugrasrava Sauti]] during a conclave of sages headed by Shaunaka in a forest named [[Naimisha Forest\|Naimisha]].

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[[File: Sauti recites the slokas of the Mahabharata.jpg |thumb|Shaunaka recites the slokas of the [[Mahabharata]], seen in [[Persian language|Persian]] [[mythology|mainstream myth]].]]
'''Shaunaka''' ({{lang-sa|शौनक}}, {{IAST3|śaunaka}}) is the name applied to teachers, and to a [[Shakha]] of the [[Atharvaveda]]. It is especially the name of a celebrated [[Sanskrit]] grammarian, author of the {{IAST|[[Ṛgveda-Prātiśākhya]]}}, the {{IAST|[[Bṛhaddevatā]]}}, the {{IAST|Caraṇa-vyūha}} and six [[Anukramaṇī]]s (indices) to the [[Rigveda]]. He is claimed as the teacher of [[Katyayana]] and especially of [[Ashvalayana]], and is said to have united the Bashkala and Shakala Shakhas of the [[Rigveda]]. In legend, he is sometimes identified with [[Gritsamada]], a Vedic Rishi. According to the [[Vishnu Purana]], Shaunaka was the son of [[Gritsamada]] and invented the system of the four levels of human life. Sūta maha muni narrated mythological stories to a group of sages headed by Shaunaka maha muni.

{{IAST|[[Ṛgveda-Prātiśākhya]]}} is attributed to Shaunaka who taught it to others in a satra-yajna (a 12-day very large scale collective yajna) held in [[Naimisha Forest|Naimisha]] according to Vishnumitra of Champa town, the commentator of {{IAST|Uvaṭa}}'s commentary of {{IAST|Ṛgveda-Prātiśākhya}}<ref>(English)Mangaldeva Śāstri, The Rgveda-prātiśākhya with the commentary of {{IAST|Uvaṭa}} by Śaunaka.; Vaidika Svādhyāya Mandira, Varanasi Cantt.,1959, OCLC: 28723321</ref><ref>(Hindi)Virendrakumar Verma, Rgveda-prātiśākhya of Śaunaka Along with {{IAST|Uvaṭabhāshya}}; Chaukhambha Sanskrit Pratishthan,38 U.A., Jawaharnagar, Bungalow Road, Delhi-110007, Reprint-1999; (also published by Saujanya Books, Delhi, and by Benaras Hindu University)</ref>

Shaunaka had a prominent role in the epic [[Mahābhārata]]. The epic Mahābhārata was narrated to Shaunaka by a storyteller named [[Ugrasrava Sauti]] during a conclave of sages headed by Shaunaka in a forest named [[Naimisha Forest|Naimisha]].

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