Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.66

v1.c3.s4.66

Ud-īcyas.—The Brāhmaṇas of the northern parts are referred to in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ as engaging, with Svaidāyana Śaunaka as their spokesman, in a dispute with the Kurupañcāla Brāhmaṇa Uddālaka Āruṇi, and as vanquishing him. Their relation to the Kurupañcālas appears also from the fact that in the same Brāhmaṇa² reference is made to the speech of the north being similar to that of the Kurupañcālas. The speech of the Northerners was also celebrated for purity; hence Brāhmaṇas used to go to the north for purposes of study, according to the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa,³ while in the Buddhist texts the school of Takṣaśilā (in Gandhāra) is famous as a resort of students.⁴ Possibly, too, Sanskrit was specially developed in Kaśmīr, as suggested by Franke.⁵ See also Kuru.