[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.s4.66 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.66 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.66 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.s4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.65) - [Next: v1.c3.s4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.67) - [Up: v1.c3.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.4.1.1) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.66) · Pramāṇa