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aupamanyava

m. a descendant of upa-manyu-

m. plural Name of a school belonging to the yajur-veda-.

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aupamanyava	‘Descendant of Upamanyu,’ is the patronymic of various persons: see Kāmboja, Prācīnaśāla, Mahā- śāla. The best known bearer of the name is the grammarian who disagreed with the onomatopoetic theory of the derivation of names, and who is mentioned by Yāska. An Aupamanyavī- putra occurs in the Baudhāyana śrauta Sūtra as a teacher.

ūrjayant aupamanyava	Is mentioned in the Vamśa Brāhmana1 as a pupil of Bhānumant Aupamanyava.

prācīnaśāla aupamanyava	(‘Descendant of Upamanyu’) is the name of a householder and theologian in the Chāndogya Upanisad. A Prācīnaśāli appears as an Udgātṛ priest in the Jaiminiya Upanisad Brāhmaria, and the Prācīnaśālas are mentioned in the same Upanisad.

bhānumant aupamanyava	(‘Descendant of Upamanyu ’) is the name of a teacher, a pupil of Ánandaja, in the Vamśa Brāhmana.

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aupamanyava	name of an ancient etymologist referred to by Yaska in his Nirukta possibly as a commentator on निघण्टु; confer, compare निगन्तव एव सन्तो निगमनान्निघण्टव उच्यन्यन्ते इत्यौपमन्यवः Nirukta of Yāska.I.1. line 4.

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aupamanyava	noun (masculine) descendant of Upamanyu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a school belonging to the Yajurveda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of an ancient teacher Frequency rank 20998/72933