kautsa कौत्स

Definition: (‘ descendant of Kutsa ’) is mentioned in the śata­patha Brāhmana as a pupil of Māhitthi. A Kautsa is also attacked in the Nirukta as denying the value of the Vedas, and there is a strong ritual tradition of hostility to the Kautsas.


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