Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.251

v1.c3.s20.251

Na-ciketas occurs in the well-known legend of the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa¹ (where he is a Gotama, the son of Vājaśravasa), and in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad.² His historical reality is extremely doubtful: in the Upaniṣad he is called son of Āruṇi Auddālaki or Vājaśravasa, an impossible attribution, and one due only to a desire to give Naciketas a connexion with the famous Āruṇi.