Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.120

v2.c4.s9.120

Satya-kāma (‘lover of truth’) Jābāla (‘descendant of Jabālā’) is the name of a teacher, the son of a slave girl by an unknown father. He was initiated as a Brahmacārin, or religious student, by Gautama Hāridrumata according to the Chāndogya Upaniṣad.¹ He is often cited as an authority in that Upaniṣad² and in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad,³ where he learns a certain doctrine from Jānaki Āyasthūṇa.⁴ He is also mentioned in the Aitareya⁵ and the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇas.⁶