[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.s9.120 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.120 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.120 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.119) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.121) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.120) · Pramāṇa