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Sayana (IAST: Sāyaṇa; also called Sāyaṇācārya; died 1387) was a 14th-century Sanskrit Mimamsa scholar from the Vijayanagara Empire of peninsular India, near modern day Bellary, Karnataka. An influential commentator on the Vedas, he flourished under King Bukka Raya I and his successor Harihara II. More than a hundred works are attributed to him, among which are commentaries on nearly all parts of the Vedas. He also wrote on a number of subjects like medicine, morality, music and grammar.

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Died
1387
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61

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  • Sāma-Veda
  • Mādhavīyadhātuvr̥ttiḥ
  • Sāyaṇīyargvedabhāṣyabhūmikāyāḥ Bādarīnāthī ṭīkā
  • Sūtasaṃhitā
  • R̥gveda-saṃhitā

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Members: Mikael Heinz Jani Pekkarinen Vesa-Matti Nikupeteri Ville Viklund Markus Lundström History: The whole project was started in the beginning of 2006 by Markus (Drums) with the help of Ville (Bass) and Mitja (Vocals). Later Heinz was asked to join the band to play guitar and sing backing vocals. Sayana was officially born in February 2006. Almost all of us had the same kind of visions, but the abyss of musical differences was too deep for <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sayana">Read

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Sayana (IAST: Sāyaṇa; also called Sāyaṇācārya; died 1387) was a 14th-century Sanskrit Mimamsa scholar from the Vijayanagara Empire of peninsular India, near modern day Bellary, Karnataka. An influential commentator on the Vedas, he flourished under King Bukka Raya I and his successor Harihara II. More than a hundred works are attributed to him, among which are commentaries on nearly all parts of the Vedas. He also wrote on a number of subjects like medicine, morality, music and grammar.

== Early life == Sāyaṇācārya was born to Mayana (IAST: Māyaṇa) and Shrimati in a Brahmin family who lived in Hampi. He had an elder brother named Madhava (sometimes identified as Vidyaranya) and a younger brother named Bhoganatha (or Somanatha). The family belonged to the Bharadvaja gotra, and followed the Taittiriya Shakha (school) of the Krishna Yajurveda.

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