Yajnavalkya
Sign in to saveYajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya (, IAST:) is a Hindu Vedic sage prominently mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 700 BCE) and Tattiriya Upanishad. 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. Texts attributed to him include the Yajnavalkya Smriti, Yoga Yajnavalkya and some texts of the Vedanta school. He is also mentioned in the Mahabharata as well as various Puranas, Brahmanas and Aranyakas.
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Yajnavalkya was a male Hindu astronomer, philosopher, writer, and poet who lived during the first millennium BCE. Born in 800 BCE and dying in 700 BCE, he is noted for his floruit in 750 BCE. He was a citizen of India and spoke Sanskrit as his native language.
He studied under Aruni and worked primarily in the field of philosophy. His literary output includes 28 works, with notable titles such as *Die Yājñavalkasmŗti*, *The Vyavahára Mayúkha*, *The Yajnavalkya smriti*, *The Yâjnavalkyasmriti*, and *Śrīyājñavalkyasmr̥tiḥ*. These texts are attributed to the author Yājñavalkya.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 28
Top works
- Die Yājñavalkasmŗti
- The Vyavahára Mayúkha
- The Yajnavalkya smriti
- The Yâjnavalkyasmriti
- [Yajnavalkya-Smṛiti, or Dharmaśastra, with Vijnāneṣvara's Mitāksharā
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 67
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5 total works indexed
- Transalkylation and disproportionation of toluene and C9 aromatics over zeolite beta
· 1994 · cited 52x
- Toluene isopropylation over zeolite β and metallosilicates of MFI structure
· 1992 · cited 49x
- Selective toluene disproportionation over pore size controlled MFI zeolite
· 1994 · cited 38x
- Zeolite beta catalyzed C7 and C9 aromatics transformation
· 1994 · cited 32x
- Ethylbenzene dealkylation and realkylation over pore size regulated MFI zeolite
· 1993 · cited 26x
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Quotes
- “Later, the doctrine of the Self was explicitated by seers like Yajnavalkya, who is up there with Plato as an ideas man next to whom a whole philosophical tradition is but a series of footnotes.”
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- Yajnavalkya teaches Brahma Vidya to King Janaka
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- Hinduism
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- Rishi
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- Maitreyi, Katyayani
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- Upanishad
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- Aruni
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- Neti neti
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- Videha
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- Fifth day during the waxing phase of moon in Phalgun Hindu month
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- Jagban
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- Mithila region
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- Janaka
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- Brahmistha
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Sanskrit
- Native language
- Sanskrit
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Student of
- Aruni
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- Yajnavalkya and Janaka.jpg
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- Yajnavalkya
- floruit
- 0750-00-00
- date of birth
- 0800-00-00
- date of death
- 0700-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Name
- Depiction in texts
- Scriptural references
- ''Taittiriya Upanishad''
- ''Brihadaranyanka Upanishad''
- Works
- ''Sukla Yajur Veda''
- ''Yajnavalkya Smriti''
- ''Yoga Yajnavalkya''
- Ideas
- On karma and rebirth
- On spiritual liberation
- On the light of man
- On the self
- On dreams
- On love and soul
- On dharma
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya (, IAST:) is a Hindu Vedic sage prominently mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 700 BCE) and Tattiriya Upanishad. 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. Texts attributed to him include the Yajnavalkya Smriti, Yoga Yajnavalkya and some texts of the Vedanta school. He is also mentioned in the Mahabharata as well as various Puranas, Brahmanas and Aranyakas.
thumb|Imagery of Sage Yagnavalkya kept at Buddinni village in Karnataka
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