[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.s2.279 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.279 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.279 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.279) Brahma-datta Caikitāneya (‘descendant of Cekitāna’) is the name of a teacher in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (i. 3, 26). He is mentioned also in the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad (i. 38, 1; 59, 1) as patronized by Abhipratārin, the Kuru king. - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.278](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.278) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.280) - [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.s2.279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.279) · Pramāṇa