In which Purana the story of Madhyandina Maharshi appears?

Question

In which purana the story of Madhyandina Maharshi appears ? Whether both Madhyandina Maharshi and Vyaghrapada are same ?

Answer 1

Sage Madhyandina is one of the fifteen disciples of Sage Yajnavalkya and a sage of Vajaseni Samhita of Yajurveda. It is mentioned in Vayu Purana, Chapter 61, Verse, 24-25.

यजूंष्यधीयन्ते यानि ब्राह्मणा येन केन च।।
अश्वरूपाय दत्तानि ततस्ते वाजिनोऽभवन्॥२२॥

The formulas of Yajurveda that are being studied by Brāhmaṇas were handed over to Yājñavalkya having the frame of a horse and therefrom, they became Vajinas or horses.

ब्रह्महत्या तु यैश्चीर्णा चरणाच्चरकाः स्मृताः।
वैशम्पायनशिष्यास्ते चरकाः समुदाहृताः॥२३॥

And by whom the expiatory rite for the slaughter of Brāhmana was performed, they became known as Carakas. The pupils of Vaišampāyana, all those were known as Carakas.

इत्येते चरकाः प्रोक्ता वाजिनस्तान्निबोधत।
याज्ञवल्क्यस्य शिष्यास्ते कण्ववैधेयशालिनः॥२४॥
माध्यन्दिन्श्च शापेयी विदिग्धश्चाप्य उद्दलः।
ताम्रायणश्च वात्स्यश्च तथा गालवशैषिरी।।
आटवी च तथा पर्णी वीरणी सापरायणः॥२५॥

These are therefore, this way called Carakas and now know the Vājins, the disciples of Yājñavalkya. They were- Kaņva, Vaidheya, Salin, Madhyandina, Sapeyi, Vidigdha, Apya, Uddala, Tamrayana, Vatsya, Galava, Saisiri, Atavi, Parni, Virani and Saparayana.

He is also mentioned in Shrimad Bhagavatam, Canto 12, Chapter 6, Verse 74.

yajurbhir akaroc chākhā
 daśa pañca śatair vibhuḥ
jagṛhur vājasanyas tāḥ
 kāṇva-mādhyandinādayaḥ

From these countless hundreds of mantras of the Yajur Veda, the powerful sage compiled fifteen new branches of Vedic literature. These became known as the Vājasaneyi-saṁhitā because they were produced from the hairs of the horse’s mane, and they were accepted in disciplic succession by the followers of Kāṇva, Mādhyandina and other ṛṣis.