Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.690

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Prācīna-yogya, ‘descendant of Prācīnayoga,’ is the name of a teacher, a pupil of Pārāśarya, in the first Vamśa (list of teachers) in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.¹ A Prācīnayogya is mentioned also in the Chāndogya² and the Taittirīya³ Upaniṣads, and the same patronymic is found in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa⁴ and in the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa (see Puluṣa, Satyayajña,⁵ Somaśuṣma).