Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.803

v1.c3.s21.803

Pārāśarya, ‘descendant of Parāśara,’ is mentioned in the first two Vamśas (lists of teachers) of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad as a pupil of Jātūkarṇya¹ or of Bhāradvāja.² A Pārāśarya is also mentioned as a pupil of Baijavāpāyana,³ and Vyāsa Pārāśarya is the pupil of Viṣvaksena according to the Vamśa at the end of the Sāmavidhāna Brāhmaṇa.⁴ See also Aṣāḍha, Jayanta, Vipaścit, Sudatta.