Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c32.66

c32.66

Uddālaka had as pupils Yājñavalkya Vājasaneya ¹⁰ and Proti Kausurubindi. The Vājasaneya school was established in or by Janamejaya III’s time (p. 324). Yājñavalkya had Āsuri as pupil.¹ Āsuri's first disciple was Pañcaśikha, who was of Parāśara's gotra, was a bhikṣu,² and was called Kāpileya (it is said) after his foster-mother Kapilā and shortly Kapila by the Sāṅkhyas.³ He went to Janaka Janadeva, king of Mithilā, and the king gave up his hundred teachers and followed Pañcaśikha, who taught him mokṣa according to the Sāṅkhya;⁴ and Janaka Dharmadhvaja also was his disciple.⁵ Two stages below Āsuri was Āsurāyaṇa, with whom Yāska was contemporary.⁶ This Yājñavalkya also taught Madhuka Paingya, he taught Cūḍa Bhāgavitti, he Jānaki Āyasthūṇa, and he Satyakāma Jābāla.⁷