Pippalada was an ancient Indian Vedic sage who was known to have written which ancient Sanskrit text, embedded inside Atharva Veda?
Pippalada Pippalada was an ancient Indian Vedic sage and philosopher in Hindu mythology. He is known to have written the Prashna Upanishad, which is among the ten mukhya(main) upanishads. He was an avatar of lord Shiva, and son of sage Dadhichi, who donated his bones to Devtas(Demigods) to provide them a material for making weapons and defeat the Asurs. He was the founder of Pippalada School of thought, which taught the Atharvaveda.
Sarada Tilaka Sarada Tilaka a collection of mantras and instructions for worship (Homa) of various deities including Ganapati, Shiva, Vishnu and various manifestations of the goddess. It was compiled circa 800 AD by Srilakshmanadesikendra believed to be a native of Nasik in Maharashtra.