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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- 0800-00-00
- Died
- 0700-00-00
- 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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Key facts
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- Yajnavalkya and Janaka.jpg
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- Yajnavalkya teaches Brahma Vidya to King Janaka
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- Hinduism
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- Rishi
- Hindu leader.spouse
- Maitreyi, Katyayani
- Hindu leader.philosophy
- Upanishad
- Hindu leader.influences
- Aruni
- Hindu leader.notable_ideas
- Neti neti
- Hindu leader.birth_place
- Videha
- Hindu leader.birth_date
- Fifth day during the waxing phase of moon in Phalgun Hindu month
- Hindu leader.home_town
- Jagban
- Hindu leader.region
- Mithila region
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Key dates
- Born
- 800 BCE
- Died
- 700 BCE
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Article
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