Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.451
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.451
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Nārada is the name of a mythical seer mentioned several times in the Atharvaveda.¹ In the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa he appears in conjunction with Parvata as priest of Hariścandra,² as teaching Somaka Sāhadevya,³ and as anointing Āmbāṣṭhya and Yudhāmśrauṣṭi.⁴ In the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā⁵ he is mentioned as a teacher, and in the Sāmavidhāna Brāhmaṇa⁶ as a pupil of Bṛhaspati. In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad⁷ he is coupled with Sanatkumāra.