[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) › v2.c4.364 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.364 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.364 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.364](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.364) Paingya, ‘descendant of Piṅga,’ is the name of a teacher who is repeatedly mentioned as an authority in the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa,¹ where² also his doctrine is called the Paingya. This teacher is further referred to in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,³ which also speaks of Madhuka Paingya.⁴ It is, of course, impossible to say whether there was only one Paingya or several Paingyas. The followers of Paingya are called Paingins in the Nidāna⁵ and Anupada⁶ Sūtras. His text-book is called Painga in the Anupada Sūtra,⁷ while the Āpastamba Śrauta Sūtra⁸ mentions a Paingāyani Brāhmaṇa. It is clear that Paingya was a teacher of a Rigveda school allied to the Kauṣītakis. Paingi is a patronymic of Yāska in the Anukramaṇī of the Ātreyī Śākhā.⁹ - [Previous: v2.c4.363](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.363) - [Next: v2.c4.365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.365) - [Up: v2.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.364](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.364) · Pramāṇa