[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.s16.297 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.297 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.297 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.297) Jāhnava, ‘descendant of Jahnu,’ is the patronymic of Viśvāmitra in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.¹ This fact is of some importance as disproving Aufrecht’s theory² that the Jahnus were the clan of Ajīgarta, the father of Śunaḥśepa. - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.296) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.298) - [Up: v1.c3.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.297) · Pramāṇa