[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.s7.1380 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1380 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1380 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.1380](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1380) Vyā-khyāna in one passage of the Satapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ clearly denotes a ‘narrative’ merely—viz., that of the dispute of Kadrū and Suparṇī. In other passages² the word means simply ‘commentary.’ In the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad,³ used in the plural, it signifies a species of writing, apparently ‘commentaries,’ though its exact relation to Anuvyākhyāna must remain obscure. Sieg⁴ thinks that the Vyākhyānas were forms of narrative like Anvākhyāna and Anuvyākhyāna. - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.1379](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1379) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.1381](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1381) - [Up: v2.c4.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1380](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1380) · Pramāṇa