[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.s8.8 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s8.8 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s8.8 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8.8) Aitareya, perhaps a patronymic from Itara, though the commentator Sāyaṇa¹ regards the word as a metronymic from Itarā, is an epithet of Mahidāsa in the Aitareya Āraṇyaka² and the Chāndogya Upaniṣad.³ - [Previous: v1.c3.s8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8.7) - [Next: v1.c3.s8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8.9) - [Up: v1.c3.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8.8) · Pramāṇa