Yajnavalkya
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Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya is a Hindu Vedic sage prominently mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and Tattiriya Upanishad. Yajnavalkya proposes and debates metaphysical questions about the nature
Yajnavalkya teaches Brahma Vidya to King Janaka
Imagery of Sage Yagnavalkya kept at Buddinni village in Karnataka
Memorial Statue of Gargi at the complex of Uchchaith Bhagawati Mandir
Statue of Yajnavalkya at the entrance of Uchchaith Bhagawati Mandir near Benipatti town in the Madhubani district of the Mithila region in Bihar
Maitreyi
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Maitreyi was an Indian philosopher who lived during the later Vedic period in ancient India. She is mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad as one of two wives of the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya. In the
Yajnavalkya
…Yajnavalkya as the most superior brahmin of them all. In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, a set of dialogues portrays Yajnavalkya as having two wives, Maitreyi and Katyayani. Maitreyi, as opposed to Katyayani, was more intrigued to gain spiritual knowledge. Maitreyi was known as a brahmavadini, a discusser of…
Adi Shankara with his four foremost disciples, including Sureshvara; both wrote commentaries on the Maitreyi-Yajnavalkya dialogue from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.