Kabandhi Katyayana

Kabandhi Katyayana (Sanskrit: कबन्धि कात्यायन , Bengali : কবন্ধি কাত্যায়ন )  was a Brahmin who lived around 585 BC. 

He was student of Pippalada (Sanskrit: पिप्पलाद, Bengali : পিপ্পলাদ), the author of the Prashna Upanisahd of the Atharva Veda.^[1] Along with 5 other seekers of Brahman, Kabandhi Katyayana Pippalada, the author of Prashna Upanishad of Atharva Veda, for instructions on Brahman. ^[2][3]

Kabandhi Katyayana was a contemporary of

• Buddha 
• Ashvalayana Kaushalya
• Gunakhya Sankhyayana
• Sukesha Bharadvaja

Reference

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[1] http://www.mukhopadhyay.in/2015/10/pippalada.html

[2] The Bharadvajas in Ancient India By Thaneswar Sarmah

[3] http://www.thetinyman.in/2016/02/date-mahabharata-war-from-literary-sources.html