Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya (Sanskrit: याज्ञवल्क्य, IAST:Yājñavalkya) is a Hindu Vedic sage featuring in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 700 BCE) and...
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The Yajnavalkya Smriti (Sanskrit: याज्ञवल्क्य स्मृति, IAST: Yājñavalkya Smṛti) is one of the many Dharma-related texts of Hinduism composed in Sanskrit...
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to celebrate the birth of the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya. In northern India, scholars believe that Yajnavalkya was born on Phalguna Shukla Panchami. Some...
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The Yoga Yajnavalkya (Sanskrit: योगयाज्ञवल्क्य, Yoga-Yājñavalkya) is a classical Hindu yoga text in the Sanskrit language. The text is written in the...
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Yajnavalkya Ashram ( Sanskrit : याज्ञवल्क्य आश्रम ) was a gurukul of the Indian philosopher Yajnavalkya. It is believed that Yajnavalkya got his enlightenment...
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Maitreyi (section Maitreyi-Yajnavalkya dialogue)
in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad as one of two wives of the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya; she is estimated to have lived around the 8th century BCE. In the Hindu...
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last Brahmin scholar who debated with Yajnavalkya. He was also not able to defeat Yajnavalkya. After that Yajnavalkya was declared the greatest Vedic scholar...
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Artabhaga (section Yajnavalkya - Artabhaga Shastrartha)
the sage Yajnavalkya. The dialogues between the Brahmins Artabhaga and Yajnavalkya is known as Yajnavalkya - Artabhaga Samvada or Yajnavalkya - Artabhaga...
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Gārgī Vāchaknavī (section Debate with Yajnavalkya)
debate organized by King Janaka of Videha and she challenges the sage Yajnavalkya with perplexing questions on the issue of atman (soul). She is also said...
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also used as the numeral for "100,000" in Gupta-era Classical Sanskrit (Yājñavalkya Smṛti, Harivaṃśa). By language Assamese: লক্ষ lokhyo, or লাখ lakh Bengali:...
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Ashvala (section Ashvala - Yajnavalkya Shastrartha)
sage Yajnavalkya in the Bahudakshina Yajna organised by the king Janaka at his court. He was the first Brahmin to question the sage Yajnavalkya in the...
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Smṛti, Dharma Teachings of Yajñavalkya, Srimantham Math, Madras Sanskrit: Yajnavalkya Smriti page 27; Transliteration: Yajnavalkya-Smrti Chapter 1, Thesaurus...
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The Yajnavalkya Upanishad (Sanskrit: याज्ञवल्क्य उपनिषत्, IAST: Yājñavalkya Upaniṣad) is a late medieval era Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism...
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Yoga (section Yoga Yajnavalkya)
self (paramātma). —Yoga Yajnavalkya The Yoga Yajnavalkya is a classical treatise on yoga, attributed to the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya, in the form of a dialogue...
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Upanishad describes the existence of these deities with a different lineup: Yājñavalkya said, 'These are but the manifestations of them, but there are only thirty-three...
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Satyasri and belonged to the school of Paila. He was a contemporary of Yajnavalkya. According to Brahmanda Purana, once during the Ashvamedha Yajna, king...
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Journal of Religious Ethics, 30(3), pp. 347–372 Yajnavalkya tells Gargi in verse 1.55 of Yoga Yajnavalkya that one who copulates (मैथुन) only with and always...
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The Mitākṣarā is a vivṛti (legal commentary) on the Yajnavalkya Smriti best known for its theory of "inheritance by birth." It was written by Vijñāneśvara...
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Yajnavalkya's 95-year cycle is a method of harmonizing the lunar and solar calendars. It was proposed by the ancient Indian sage Yajnavalkya, who is believed...
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Yajnavalkya and his wife Maitreyi engage in a dialogue about love and spirituality. Yajnavalkya states that one doesn't connect...
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started in 2003. The name Yagyavalkya has come from Hindu Vedic sage, Yajnavalkya. Computer Science and Engineering Electrical Engineering Electronics...
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region of Bihar. It is believed to be the Tapobhumi of the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya. The village is located in Bisfi block of Madhubani district in India...
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Darshan of the sages Yajnavalkya and Bharadvaja under a banyan tree. In one of the four dialogues in the Ramcharitmanas, Yajnavalkya is the speaker and...
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Patanjali Pāṇini Prashastapada Raikva Satyakama Jabala Valmiki Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars...
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Patanjali Pāṇini Prashastapada Raikva Satyakama Jabala Valmiki Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars...
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speaks to Yajñavalkya with Uddālaka Āruṇi, Gārgī Vāchaknavī and other Kuru and Pañcāla sages in King Janaka's kingdom to test to see if Yajñavalkya is a great...
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Hindu scriptures, and Dominic Goodall includes Bhagavata Purana and Yajnavalkya Smriti in the list of Hindu scriptures as well. There are two historic...
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suggests that the Yajnavalkya Smriti text liberal evolution may have been influenced by Buddhism in ancient India. The Yajnavalkya text is also different...
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Upanishads Arthashastra Nitisara Dharmaśāstra Manusmriti Nāradasmṛti Yājñavalkya Smṛti Sutras Stotras Subhashita Tantras Yoga Vasistha Yoga Sutras of...
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Patanjali Pāṇini Prashastapada Raikva Satyakama Jabala Valmiki Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars...
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