One of those Vedic scholars, who belonged to the line of व्यास 's disciples. His forte was the अथर्ववेद . जैमिनि was a reputed disciple of व्यास . His son, सुमन्तु , taught his disciple कबन्ध the अथर्ववेद . कबन्ध divided it into two between देवदर्श and पथ्य . मेधा , ब्रह्मबलि , शौत्कायनि and पिप्पलाद were the disciples of देवदर्श , and जाबालि , कुमुदादि and शौनक were the disciples of पथ्य . (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 3, Chapter 6) .