Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.864

v1.c3.s11.864

Kaiśorya, ‘descendant of Kaiśori,’ is the patronymic of Kāpya in the first two Vamśas (lists of teachers) in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.¹ 1. Koka, a word occurring in the Rigveda¹ and the Atharvaveda,² seems to denote the ‘cuckoo.’ In all the three passages in which it is found, Sāyaṇa explains it as the Cakravāka. Roth³ renders it in the Atharvaveda passages as a certain destructive parasitic animal. Cf. Anyavāpa.