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Virochana

The Asura who comes with Indra to learn the Self from Prajapati in the Chandogya Upanishad. He leaves after the first answer, satisfied that the body is the self, and teaches the Asuras so.

Sources: The Upanishads, tr. F. Max Muller (Sacred Books of the East 1 and 15) · see Virochana's web

Relations 1

Virochana taught by

Prajapati (God) · Indra and Virochana learn the Self from Prajapati
Virochana studies thirty-two years and leaves after the first answer.

Stories 1

Indra and Virochana learn the Self from Prajapati
Legend · as the pupil who leaves content · 1 telling

Cited

The Upanishads, tr. F. Max Muller (Sacred Books of the East 1 and 15) § chandogya.8.7-8 Primary text (translation)