[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.s17.308 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.308 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.308 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.308](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.308) Tura Kāvaṣeya is mentioned in the Vamśa (list of teachers) at the end of the tenth book of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ as the source of the doctrine set forth in that book, and as separated, in the succession of teachers, from Śāṇḍilya by Yājñavacas and Kuśri. In the same Brāhmaṇa² he is quoted by Śāṇḍilya as having erected a fire-altar on the Kārotī. In the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa³ he appears as a Purohita, or ‘domestic priest,’ of Janamejaya Pārikṣita, whom he consecrated king. In the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad⁴ and a Khila⁵ he appears as an ancient sage. Oldenberg,⁶ no doubt rightly, assigns him to the end of the Vedic period. He is probably⁷ identical with Tura, the deva-muni, ‘saint of the gods,’ who is mentioned in the Pañcavimśa Brāhmaṇa.⁸ - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.307](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.307) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.309](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.309) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (4) - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.308](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.308) · Pramāṇa