[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.s4.1072 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1072 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1072 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.1072](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1072) Yāska (‘descendant of Yaska ’) is mentioned in the first two Vamśas (lists of teachers) of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad¹ as a contemporary of Āsurāyaṇa and a teacher of Bhāradvāja. Whether Yāska, author of the Nirukta,² was the same person, it is, of course, impossible to say. - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.1071](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1071) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.1073](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1073) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1072](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1072) · Pramāṇa