[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.5235 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5235 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5235 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5235) YAYĀVARA(S). A particular section of Brahmins. Their special feature is that they wander about here and there, following the course of life of the sages. Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 13, mentions that the reputed sage Jaratkāru was a Yāyāvara. - [Previous: c9.5234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5234) - [Next: c9.5236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5236) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5235) · Pramāṇa