Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.278

v1.c3.s11.278

Kāpya (‘descendant of Kapi’) is the patronymic of Sanaka and Navaka, two obviously fictitious persons who served at the Sattra (‘sacrificial session’) of the Vibhindukīyas in the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa.¹ It is also the patronymic of Patañcala in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.² See also Kaiśorya.