Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.321

v1.c3.s1.321

Āsuri occurs in the first two Vamśas¹ (lists of teachers) of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad as a pupil of Bhāradvāja and teacher of Aupajandhani, but in the third² as a pupil of Yājñavalkya and teacher of Āsurāyaṇa. He appears as a ritual authority in the first four books of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,³ and as an authority on dogmatic, specially noted for his insistence on truth, in the last book.⁴