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

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

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### [v1.c3.s1.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka.2.6.3) — Sanskrit
- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.6.3.26) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit

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