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Sāyaṇa

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Sāyaṇācārya

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Sāyaṇa or Sāyaṇācārya (1315–1387 CE) is popularly known as the commentator of Vedas. He was prime minister of Vijaynagar Empire in the patronage of Sangama kings.

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Sāyaṇa was born in Hampi located in Karnataka. His father was Māyaṇa and mother was Śrīmatī. His elder brother was Mādhava and younger brother was Bhoganātha. They had a sister named Singala. He belonged to the Taittirīya śākhā of Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda and Bhāradvāja gotra. There were three preceptors of Sāyaṇa namely Vidyātīrtha (pontiff of Śṛṅgeri maṭha), Bhāratī Kṛṣṇatīrtha (pontiff of Śṛṅgeri maṭha), and Śrīkaṇṭhanātha from Kāñcī.

Sāyaṇa flourished under the patronage of four kings of Sangama dynasty. Sāyaṇa was the minister of Kampa, Sangama II, Bukka and Harihara II. Sāyaṇa served as a minister for Kampa from 1346 CE to 1355 CE. Kampa was the second son of Sangama and younger brother of Harihara. He suggested necessity of heavy repairs for the Fort Udayagiri which was an important...

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  1. Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

    Shakuntala Gawde

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  1. Department of Religion and Asian Studies, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, USA

    Jeffery D. Long

  2. The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Rita D. Sherma

  3. Dept of Anthropology, The University of North Texas Dept of Anthropology, Denton, TX, USA

    Pankaj Jain

  4. Jamia Millia Islamia, Centre for the Study of Comparative Reli Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

    Madhu Khanna

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Gawde, S. (2021). Sāyaṇa. In: Long, J.D., Sherma, R.D., Jain, P., Khanna, M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1036-5_15-1

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