चैकितानेय (caikitAneya)
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EnglishVedic Reference
EnglishCaikitāneya (‘descendant of Cekitāna’) is mentioned as a
teacher in the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa.^1 The Caikitā-
neyas are also referred to there^2 in connexion with the Sāman
which they worshipped. Brahmadatta Caikitāneya is brought
into connexion with the Sāman in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.^3
and Vāsiṣṭha Caikitāneya is known to the Ṣaḍviṃśa^4 and
Vaṃśa Brāhmaṇas.^5 The word is a patronymic, formed from
Caikitāna, according to Śaṅkara, ^6 but more probably from
Cekitāna, ^7 a name found in the Epic.
1) i. 37, 7
ii. 5, 2.
2) i. 42, 1.
3) i. 3, 24.
4) iv. 1.
5) Indische Studien, 4, 373, 384.
6) On Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad,
loc. cit.
7) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.
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