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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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    Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya (Sanskrit: याज्ञवल्क्य, IAST:Yājñavalkya) is a Hindu Vedic sage featuring in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 700 BCE) and Tattiriya...
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    of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Yajnavalkya and his wife Maitreyi engage in a dialogue about love and spirituality. Yajnavalkya states that one doesn't...
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  • India. She is mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad as one of two wives of the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya; she is estimated to have lived around the 8th...
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    Gabala Upanishad. The themes of this Upanishad are meditation and renunciation. Sage Yajnavalkya "as the expounder of the precepts of this Upanishad" elaborates...
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    He wrote Shatapatha Brahman, Yajnavalkya Smriti, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Yoga Yajnavalkya and many more. Yajnavalkya Ashram is situated at Jagban village...
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    devoured the texts, thus lending them the name Taittiriya Upanishad. In the same text, Yajnavalkya wins Janaka as a disciple as well as a reward of one thousand...
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    various philosophical theories in the early Upanishads have been attributed to famous sages such as Yajnavalkya, Uddalaka Aruni, Shvetaketu, Shandilya, Aitareya...
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  • interconnectedness. In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (3.6), the sequence of her posing a bevy of questions to Yajnavalkya and his replies is narrated as: On air...
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  • Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. When the first opponent Ashvala asked some questions on the topics of the Vedic philosophy to the sage Yajnavalkya and got answers...
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  • Brahmana, the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the Dharmasastra named Yājñavalkya Smṛti, Vriddha Yajnavalkya, and Brihad Yajnavalkya. He is also mentioned in the...
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  • Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and Satapatha Brahmana. Ashvala was one of the eight Brahmins who took part in the Shastrartha against the sage Yajnavalkya in the Bahudakshina...
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  • Principal Upanishads, also known as Mukhya Upanishads, are the most ancient and widely studied Upanishads of Hinduism. Composed between 800 BCE to the...
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    The Katha Upanishad (Sanskrit: कठोपनिषद्, IAST: Kaṭhopaniṣad), is an ancient Hindu text and one of the mukhya (primary) Upanishads, embedded in the last...
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  • by witnesses. — Yajnavalkya Smriti 2.84 The text is named after the revered Vedic sage Yajnavalkya, who appears in many major Upanishads of Hinduism, as...
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  • Sannyasa Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to the renunciation, monastic practice and asceticism. There are 19 Sannyasa Upanishads...
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  • for being attributed the authorship of the Prashna Upanishad, which is among the ten Mukhya Upanishads. He is believed to have founded the Pippalada school...
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  • was defeated in debate by his own pupil Yājñavalkya. The name Aruni appears in many of the Principal Upanishads, in numerous verses. For example: In sections...
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    Delhi: Isha Books. p. 88. ISBN 81-8205-059-6. Retrieved 2013-10-14. "Yajnavalkya Upanishad". Retrieved 2013-10-14. Carole Pegg (2001). Mongolian Music, Dance...
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    The Taittiriya Upanishad (Sanskrit: तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्, IAST: Taittīriyopaniṣad) is a Vedic era Sanskrit text, embedded as three chapters (adhyāya) of the...
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    The Kena Upanishad (Sanskrit: केनोपनिषद्, IAST: Kenopaniṣad) (also alternatively known as Talavakara Upanishad) is a Vedic Sanskrit text classified as...
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    Brahmana 4:5:7:2 The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad describes the existence of these deities with a different lineup: Yājñavalkya said, 'These are but the manifestations...
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    are Jabala Upanishad, Naradaparivrajaka Upanishad, Bhikshuka Upanishad and Yajnavalkya Upanishad. Of these, his mention in the Jabala Upanishad is chronologically...
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    The Isha Upanishad (Sanskrit: ईशोपनिषद्, IAST: Īśopaniṣad), also known as Shri Ishopanishad, Ishavasya Upanishad, or Vajasaneyi Samhita Upanishad, is one...
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  • Pancha Shanti mantras, are Hindu prayers for peace (shanti) found in the Upanishads. Generally, they are recited at the beginning and end of religious rituals...
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    Pranagnihotra Upanishad Gopala Tapani Upanishad Krishna Upanishad Yajnavalkya Upanishad Varaha Upanishad Shatyayaniya Upanishad Hayagriva Upanishad Dattatreya...
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    Hinduism. It is one of the oldest Upanishads. It lists as number 9 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. The Upanishad belongs to the Tandya school of...
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  • (2015-02-23). "Yajnavalkya and Asvala [Section I]". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2024-11-15. www.wisdomlib.org (2015-02-23). "Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: Chapter...
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    a Mukhya (primary) Upanishad, and is listed as number 4 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads of Hinduism. The Prashna Upanishad contains six Prashna...
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    The Mandukya Upanishad (Sanskrit: माण्डूक्योपनिषद्, IAST: Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad) is the shortest of all the Upanishads, and is assigned to Atharvaveda. It is...
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