[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.s20.251 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.251 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.251 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.251](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.250) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.252](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.252) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (2) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Kaṭhopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.251](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.251) · Pramāṇa