[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.s2.116 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.116 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.116 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.116) Bābhrava, ‘descendant of Babhru,’ is the patronymic of Vatsanapāt in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.¹ In the legend of Śunaḥśepa² the Kāpileyas and the Bābhravas are enumerated as the descendants of Śunaḥśepa under his adoptive name of Devarāta Vaiśvāmitra. A Sāman, or Chant, of Babhru is mentioned in the Pañcavimśa Brāhmaṇa.³ - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.115) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.117) - [Up: v2.c4.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.116) · Pramāṇa