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महिदासऐतरेय (mahidAsaaitareya)

 
Vedic Reference
English
Mahi-dāsa Aitareya (‘descendant of Itara or Itarā’) is the
name of the sage from whom the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa and
Āraṇyaka take their names. He is several times referred to in
the Aitareya Āraṇyaka, ^1 but not as its author. He is credited
with a life of 116 years in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad^2 and the
Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa^3
1) ii. 1, 8
3, 7.
2) iii. 16, 7.
3) iv. 2, 11 (cf. Journal of the American
Oriental Society, 15, 246).
Cf. Keith, Aitareya Āraṇyaka, 16, 17.