[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.s17.90 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.90 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.90 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.90) Tapo-nitya (‘constant in penance’) Pauru-śiṣṭi (‘descendant of Puruśiṣṭa’) is the name of a teacher in the Taittirīya Upaniṣad (i. 9, 1) who believed in the value of penance (tapas). - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.89) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.91) - [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.1.9.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.90) · Pramāṇa