1. śaunaka
śaunaka m. ( patr. fr. śunaka, g. bidA di ) N. of various authors and teachers (also with Indrota and Svaidāyana ; esp. of the celebrated grammarian, author of the Ṛg-veda Prātiśākhya , the Bṛhad-devatā , and various other works; he is described as the teacher of Kātyāyana and especially of Āśvalāya