Yajnavalkya | |
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 Yajnavalkya teaches Brahma Vidya to King Janaka | |
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| Born | Fifth day during the waxing phase of moon in Phalgun Hindu month |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Home town | Jagban, Madhubani district, Bihar |
| Spouse | Maitreyi, Katyayani |
| Region | Mithila region |
| Notable idea(s) | Neti neti |
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| Philosophy | Advaita |
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| Honors | Rishi |
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Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya (Sanskrit: याज्ञवल्क्य, IAST:Yājñavalkya) is a Hindu Vedic sage featuring in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 700 BCE) and Tattiriya Upanishad.[1][2][3][4] Yajnavalkya proposes and debates metaphysical questions about the nature of existence, consciousness and impermanence, and expounds the epistemic doctrine of neti neti ("not this, not this") to discover the universal Self and Ātman.[5] Texts attributed to him include the Yajnavalkya Smriti, Yoga Yajnavalkya and some texts of the Vedanta school.[6][7] He is also mentioned in the Mahabharata as well as various Puranas, Brahmanas and Aranyakas.[6][8][9]
- ^ Frits Staal (2008). Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights. Penguin Books. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-14-309986-4., Quote: "Yajnavalkya, a Vedic sage, taught..."
- ^ Olivelle 1998, pp. 3, 52–71.
- ^ Ben-Ami Scharfstein (1998), A comparative history of world philosophy: from the Upanishads to Kant, Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 9-11
- ^ Olivelle 1998, p. xxxvi with footnote 20
- ^ Jonardon Ganeri (2007). The Concealed Art of the Soul: Theories of Self and Practices of Truth in Indian Ethics and Epistemology. Oxford University Press. pp. 27–28, 33–35. ISBN 978-0-19-920241-6.
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