Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s6.82

v2.c4.s6.82

Lauhitya, ‘descendant of Lohita,’ is the patronymic of a large number of teachers in the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa, which clearly must have been the special object of study of the Lauhitya family. See Kṛṣṇadatta, Kṛṣṇarāta, Jayaka, Triveda Kṛṣṇarāta, Dakṣa Jayanta, Palligupta, Mitrabhūti, Yaśasvin Jayanta, Vipaścit Dṛḍhajayanta, Vaipaścita Dārdhajayanti, Vaipaścita Dārdhajayanti Dṛḍhajayanta, Śyāmajayanta, Śyāmasujayanta, Satyaśravas. A Lauhitya or Lauhikya is also mentioned as a teacher in the Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka.¹ The form of name (Jayanta) affected by the family, and the silence of the older texts, proves that they were modern.