Upanishads
Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpaniṣadBṛhadāraṇyaka 4,6.2
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Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4,6.2
Devanāgarī

अग्निवेश्यात् अग्निवेश्यः गार्ग्यात् गार्ग्यः गार्ग्यात् गार्ग्यः गौतमात् गौतमः सैतवात् सैतवः पाराशर्यायणात् पाराशर्यायणः गार्ग्यायणात् गार्ग्यायणः उद्दालकायनात् उद्दालकायनः जाबालायनात् जाबालायनः माध्यन्दिनायनात् माध्यन्दिनायनः सौकरायणात् सौकरायणः काषायणात् काषायणः सायकायनात् साकायनः कौशिकायनेः कौशिकायनिः

Transliteration (IAST)

agniveśyāt agniveśyaḥ gārgyāt gārgyaḥ gārgyāt gārgyaḥ gautamāt gautamaḥ saitavāt saitavaḥ pārāśaryāyaṇāt pārāśaryāyaṇaḥ gārgyāyaṇāt gārgyāyaṇaḥ uddālakāyanāt uddālakāyanaḥ jābālāyanāt jābālāyanaḥ mādhyandināyanāt mādhyandināyanaḥ saukarāyaṇāt saukarāyaṇaḥ kāṣāyaṇāt kāṣāyaṇaḥ sāyakāyanāt sākāyanaḥ kauśikāyaneḥ kauśikāyaniḥ

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अग्निवेश्यात्agniveśyātfrom Agniveśya; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
अग्निवेश्यःagniveśyaḥAgniveśya (a name); Agniveśya; Agniveśya
गार्ग्यात्gārgyātfrom Gārgya (abl.); from Gārgya; from Gārgya
गार्ग्यःgārgyaḥGārgya; the descendant of Garga
गार्ग्यात्gārgyātfrom Gārgya (abl.); from Gārgya; from Gārgya
गार्ग्यःgārgyaḥGārgya; the descendant of Garga
गौतमात्gautamātfrom Gautama (abl.); from Gautama; from Gautama
गौतमःgautamaḥGautama; the name of the teacher
सैतवात्saitavātfrom Saitava; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
सैतवःsaitavaḥSaitava; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
पाराशर्यायणात्pārāśaryāyaṇātfrom Pārāśaryāyaṇa; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
पाराशर्यायणःpārāśaryāyaṇaḥPārāśaryāyaṇa; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
गार्ग्यायणात्gārgyāyaṇātfrom Gārgyāyaṇa; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
गार्ग्यायणःgārgyāyaṇaḥGārgyāyaṇa; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
उद्दालकायनात्uddālakāyanātfrom Uddālakāyana; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
उद्दालकायनःuddālakāyanaḥUddālakāyana; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
जाबालायनात्jābālāyanātfrom Jābālāyana; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
जाबालायनःjābālāyanaḥJābālāyana; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
माध्यन्दिनायनात्mādhyandināyanātfrom Mādhyandināyana; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
माध्यन्दिनायनःmādhyandināyanaḥMādhyandināyana; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
सौकरायणात्saukarāyaṇātfrom Saukarāyaṇa; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
सौकरायणःsaukarāyaṇaḥSaukarāyaṇa; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
काषायणात्kāṣāyaṇātfrom Kāṣāyaṇa; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
काषायणःkāṣāyaṇaḥKāṣāyaṇa; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
सायकायनात्sāyakāyanātfrom Sāyakāyana; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
साकायनःsākāyanaḥSākāyana; the name of a teacher in the line of transmission
कौशिकायनेःkauśikāyaneḥfrom Kauśikāyani; from the teacher Kauśikāyani
कौशिकायनिःkauśikāyaniḥKauśikāyani; the name of the teacher
Translation

— from Āgniveśya, Āgniveśya from Gārgya, Gārgya from Gārgya, Gārgya from Gautama, Gautama from Saitava, Saitava from Pārāśaryāyaṇa, Pārāśaryāyaṇa from Gārgyāyaṇa, Gārgyāyaṇa from Uddālakāyana, Uddālakāyana from Jābālāyana, Jābālāyana from Mādhyandināyana… [and so on, link by link].

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