[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c32.22 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c32.22 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c32.22 - **Language:** English ### [c32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.22) All these occurrences and names are explained in a story,⁸ which consists largely of fable and grew out of a misunderstanding of names. It says (among other things) that Yājñavalkya Brahmarāti when discarded had to disgorge the yajuses he had learnt from Vaiśampāyana, and the other disciples picked them up; that he then worshipped the sun and obtained his own special yajuses from the sun; and that the name Vājin arose because he was aśva-rūpa. Now vājin can be synonymous with vāja-sani, the name of a Yājñavalkya; this Yājñavalkya was (either Vājasanī or) Vājasaneya; hence his disciples, the Vājasaneyas of the White Yajus, were called shortly Vājins: but vājin was misunderstood as a ‘horse’, and so he is styled aśvarūpa.¹ Similarly, Tittiri was apparently the chief of the disciples of the Black Yajus,² and his followers were the Taittirīyas. - [Previous: c32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.21) - [Next: c32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.23) - [Up: c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.22) · Pramāṇa