Pippalāda
Pippalāda
Pippalāda is a name used for more than one ṛshi in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Pippalāda Maharshi: the son of Dadhīci, whose life is told in the Padma and Śiva Purāṇas.
- Paippalāda: Paippalāda, the father of Kauśika and founder of the Paippalāda śākhā of the Atharvaveda. Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 150, 271; Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Mokshadharma Parva, Chapter 196