[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.s12.226 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.226 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.226 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.225) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.227) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) ## Linked texts (4) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.4.1) — Sanskrit - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.3) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka.2.1.1) — Sanskrit - [Taittirīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.226) · Pramāṇa