Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.226

v1.c3.s12.226

Gārgya, ‘descendant of Garga,’ is the patronymic of Bālāki in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka¹ and the Kauṣītaki² Upaniṣads. Two Gārgyas are mentioned in the second Vamśa (list of teachers) in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad³: one of them is the pupil of Gārgya, who again is the pupil of Gautama. Others occur in the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka⁴ and in the Nirukta,⁵ as well as later in the ritual Sūtras. Thus the family was evidently long connected with the development of liturgy and grammar.