[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.s14.68 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.68 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.68 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.68) Caraka primarily denotes a ‘wandering student,’ a sense actually found in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.¹ More especially it denotes the members of a school of the Black Yajurveda, the practices of which are several times referred to with disapproval in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.² In the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā³ the Caraka teacher (Carakācārya) is enumerated among the sacrificial victims at the Puruṣamedha, or human sacrifice. His dedication there to ill-doing is a clear hint of a ritual feud. - [Previous: v1.c3.s14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.67) - [Next: v1.c3.s14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.69) - [Up: v1.c3.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka.3.3.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.68) · Pramāṇa