[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.s16.217 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.217 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.217 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.217) Jānaki, ‘descendant of Janaka,’ is the patronymic of Kratujit in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā,¹ of Kratuvid in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa,² and of Āyasthūṇa in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad,³ where he is mentioned as a pupil of Cūḍa Bhāgavitti, and as teacher of Satyakāma Jābāla. - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.216) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.218) - [Up: v1.c3.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16) ## Linked texts (3) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.217) · Pramāṇa