[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s10.38 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s10.38 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s10.38 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s10.38) Aurṇa-vābha, ‘descendant of Ūrṇavābhi.’ (1) This is the name of a pupil of Kauṇḍinya mentioned in a Vamśa (list of teachers) of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.¹ (2) A teacher of this name is frequently referred to in the Nirukta. His explanations in two passages² agree with those of the Nairuktas or etymological school of interpreters of the Rigveda. In other passages³ he appears rather to belong to the school of the Aitihāsikas, who relied on traditional legends. He was thus probably, as Sieg⁴ suggests, an eclectic. - [Previous: v1.c3.s10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s10.37) - [Next: v1.c3.s10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s10.39) - [Up: v1.c3.s10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s10) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka.4.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s10.38) · Pramāṇa