Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s7.36

v1.c3.s7.36

2. Etaśa is in the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa¹ the name of a sage who is said to have cursed his children because they interrupted him in the midst of a rite; hence the Aitaśāyanas (descendants of Etaśa) are declared to be the worst of the Bhṛgus. The same story appears in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa,² where, however, the sage’s name is Aitaśa, and the Aitaśāyanas are described as the worst of the Aurvas.