[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.s16.300 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.300 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.300 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.300](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.300) Jitvan Śailini is the name of a teacher in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad,¹ a contemporary of Janaka and Yājñavalkya. He held that speech (vāc) was Brahman. - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.299](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.299) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.301](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.301) - [Up: v1.c3.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.300](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.300) · Pramāṇa