[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.s14.168 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.168 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.168 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s14.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.168) Caikitāneya (‘descendant of Cekitāna’) is mentioned as a teacher in the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa.¹ The Caikitāneyas are also referred to there² in connexion with the Sāman which they worshipped. Brahmadatta Caikitāneya is brought into connexion with the Sāman in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad,³ and Vāsiṣṭha Caikitāneya is known to the Ṣaḍviṃśa⁴ and Vamśa Brāhmaṇas.⁵ The word is a patronymic, formed from Caikitāna, according to Śaṅkara,⁶ but more probably from Cekitāna,⁷ a name found in the Epic. - [Previous: v1.c3.s14.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.167) - [Next: v1.c3.s14.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.169) - [Up: v1.c3.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.168) · Pramāṇa