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# Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.377

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.377

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### [v1.c3.s20.377](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.377)

Nāciketa, ‘connected with Naciketas,’ is the title of a narrative (upākhyāna) in the Kāṭhaka Upaniṣad.¹ The word is also applied as an epithet to a special fire in that Upaniṣad² and in the Taittirīya Upaniṣad.³

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