[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) › c32.66 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c32.66 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c32.66 - **Language:** English ### [c32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.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 - [Previous: c32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.65) - [Next: c32.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.67) - [Up: c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.66) · Pramāṇa