Yājñavalkya

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Upanishadic teacher Vedic sage philosopher rishi

Yājñavalkya was an ancient Vedic sage and philosopher renowned for his profound teachings on the Self and ultimate reality in early Upanishadic thought.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Yajnavalkya	2
Yājñavalkya canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Upanishadic teacher ⓘ Vedic sage ⓘ philosopher ⓘ rishi ⓘ
associatedText	Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad NERFINISHED ⓘ Chāndogya Upaniṣad NERFINISHED ⓘ Yājñavalkya Smṛti NERFINISHED ⓘ Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithKingdom	Videha NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConcept	Brahman NERFINISHED ⓘ identity of Ātman and Brahman ⓘ inner controller (antaryāmin) ⓘ neti neti (not this, not this) ⓘ Ātman ⓘ
cosmologicalView	Brahman as the ultimate ground of reality ⓘ
engagedIn	instructional dialogue with Maitreyī ⓘ philosophical debate with Gārgī ⓘ philosophical dialogue with King Janaka ⓘ
era	Vedic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethicalView	detachment from wealth and possessions ⓘ
field	ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ ritual theory ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenceOn	Advaita Vedānta tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ later Vedānta philosophers ⓘ
knownFor	dialogues in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ⓘ early Advaita-type ideas ⓘ teachings on the Self (Ātman) ⓘ teachings on ultimate reality (Brahman) ⓘ
language	Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
ontology	non-dual understanding of reality ⓘ
philosophicalIdea	impermanence of worldly possessions ⓘ knowledge of the Self as the path to liberation ⓘ supremacy of spiritual knowledge over ritual ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	early Vedānta ⓘ
region	ancient India ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
roleInTexts	principal teacher in Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ⓘ
scripturalContext	Upaniṣads NERFINISHED ⓘ
soteriologicalView	liberation through self-knowledge ⓘ
spouse	Kātyāyanī NERFINISHED ⓘ Maitreyī NERFINISHED ⓘ
taughtTo	Gārgī Vācaknavī NERFINISHED ⓘ King Janaka of Videha NERFINISHED ⓘ Maitreyī NERFINISHED ⓘ
teachingMethod	dialogue and question–answer format ⓘ
tradition	Vedic tradition ⓘ
veneratedAs	sage in Hindu tradition ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad → traditionallyAttributedTo → Yājñavalkya ⓘ

Videha → associatedWithFigure → Yājñavalkya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yajnavalkya

King Janaka → discipleOf → Yājñavalkya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yajnavalkya