[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.s21.892 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.892 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.892 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.892](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.892) Pitā-putrīya (‘relating to father and son’), used with Sampradāna (‘handing over’) means the ceremony by which a father, when about to die, bequeathes his bodily and mental powers to his son. It is described in the Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad.¹ - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.891](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.891) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.893](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.893) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.892](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.892) · Pramāṇa