A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2181

c5.2181

What share Yājnawalkya had in the production of the Satapatha Brāhmana and Brihad Āranyaka is very doubtful. Some part of them may, perhaps, have sprung directly from him, and they were probably compiled under his superintendence; but it may be, as some think, that they are so called because they treat of him and embody his teaching. One portion of the Brihad Āranyaka, called the Yājnawalkīya Kānda, cannot have been his composition, for it is devoted to his glorification and honour, and was probably written after his death.