Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c32.53

c32.53

⁶ He was an Āṅgirasa, Mat 196, 4, 6, 8. He must be distinguished from Uddāla or Uddālaki, an Ātreya (Mat 197, 2), whose son was Naciketas, called also Nāciketa. They appear in brahmanical fables; MBh xiii, 17, 1291-2; 71, 3486-7: Var 193, 12 f. Vedic Index i, pp. 88-9, 432. Katha Upaniṣad i, 1, 1 and 11; ii, 4, 5 apparently identifies them.