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शौल्बायन (zaulbAyana)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
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शौल्बायन॑
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शुल्ब,
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Śaulbāyana or Śaulvāyana, ‘descendant of Śulba, is the
patronymic of a teacher, Udaṅka.^1 According to the Śata-
patha Brāhmaṇa, ^2 a Śaulbāyana was the Adhvaryu, or
sacrificing priest, of those who had Ayasthūṇa as Gṛhapati
(‘householder, the title of the sacrificer who has precedence at
a sattra, or sacrificial session).
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, vii. 4, 5, 4
5, 4, 2
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, iv. 1,
2 Mādhyaṃdina.
2) xi. 4, 2, 17 et seq.