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Shandilya (IAST: Śāṇḍilya, Sanskrit: शाण्डिल्य) was a Vedic Rishi and was the progenitor of the Śāṇḍilya gotra. The name derives from the Sanskrit words Śaṇ (roughly, Full), and Dilam (Moon), thus meaning Full Moon, therefore implying Śhāṇḍilya had great devotion towards the Moon God. His descendants have a matrilineal descent from the Chandravamsha.
Śhāṇḍilya is the son of Devala, the nephew of Surya and the grandson of Kashyapa. He is associated with the Shatapatha Brahmana (X.vi.iii.1) of the Shukla Yajurveda, with the Chandogya Upanishad (III.xiv.1) associated with the Kauthuma shākhā of the Samaveda, and with the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (X.vi.3) which is the concluding part of the Shatapatha Brahmana. He was also known as "Udara- Śāṇḍilya", and the disciple of Atidhanvān Śaunaka who taught him about the greatness and the limitlessness of Brahman.[1] He is one of the most prominent metaphysical philosophers. He concludes that the essence of the soul is consciousness and that the determinate (the body, the individual, the seeker) finds its ultimate resting place in the indeterminate (Purusha, Brahman) as the indeterminate.[2]
Shandilya's other Acharyas include Kaushika, Gautama Maharishi, Kaishorya Kaapya, Vatsya Vaijavap, and Kushri. Shandilya's disciples include Kaundinya, Agnivesha, Vatsya Vamakakshayan, Vaishthapureya, and Bharadwaj.[citation needed] He composed the Shandilya Upanishad.
Families who claim his direct paternal lineage can be found significantly throughout India. Many Saraswat Brahmin families residing in North India claim Shandilya as their paternal ancestor. Shandilya's devotion towards Lord Chandra is widely known by most but what isn't known by many is that Indumati, granddaughter of Shandilya, married Shatayu, the great grandson of Lord Chandra. The couple moved towards the state of modern-day Odisha. They never ruled like their counterparts and lived ascetic lives, as did their descendants. As Mahapadma Nanda overthrew all the legendary dynasties in India, it was no longer safe for their descendants to claim direct patrilineal descent from Chandravamsha since it would challenge the claim of the former. This line has then merged with Patnaiks in Odisha and then moved down further to Andhra Pradesh. Today their descendants continue to live under Shandilya gotra.
He has been credited with writing the Shandilya Bhakti Sutra. According to the Bhagavata Purana, he was instrumental in resolving certain metaphysical doubts of King Parikshit of Hastinapura and King Vajra of Dwaraka.
- ^ Benimadhab Barua. A History of Pre-Buddhistic Indian Philosophy. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 91.
sandilya vidya.
- ^ Shyama Kumar Chattopadhyaya (2000). the Philosophy of Sankar's Advaita Vedanta. Sarup & Sons. p. 305. ISBN 9788176252225.