[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.s8.777 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.777 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.777 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.777](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.777) Śaurpa-ṇāyya, ‘descendant of Śūrpaṇāya,’ is the patronymic of a teacher, a pupil of Gautama, in the first two Vamśas (lists of teachers) in the Mādhyamdina recension of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (ii. 5, 20; iv. 5, 26). - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.776](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.776) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.778](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.778) - [Up: v2.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.777](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.777) · Pramāṇa