[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.s17.545 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.545 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.545 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.545](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.545) Tri-śaṅku is in Vedic literature the name of a sage mentioned as a teacher in the Taittirīya Upaniṣad.¹ There is no trace of the later legend by which he becomes the victim of Vasiṣṭha’s curse and the object of Viśvāmitra’s solicitude, being eventually fixed in the sky as a constellation.² The confusion of the chronology in the tales of Triśaṅku is a good example of the worthlessness of the supposed epic tradition. - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.544](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.544) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.546](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.546) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Taittirīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya.1.10.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.545](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.545) · Pramāṇa