Gārgī Vācaknavī
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Gārgī Vācaknavī was an eminent woman philosopher and Vedic scholar of ancient India, renowned for her penetrating metaphysical debates on the nature of reality.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gargi Vachaknavi | 1 |
| Gārgī Vācaknavī canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Upanishadic sage
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Vedic philosopher ⓘ ancient Indian philosopher ⓘ woman philosopher ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
King Janaka of Videha
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Yājñavalkya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithText | Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Indian ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Indo-Aryan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indian philosophy
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Vedic studies ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later interpretations of women’s roles in Hindu philosophy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early advocacy of women’s intellectual participation in Vedic learning
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metaphysical debates ⓘ participation in royal philosophical assemblies ⓘ philosophical inquiry into the nature of reality ⓘ questioning of Yājñavalkya ⓘ |
| languageContext | Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1–9
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.6–8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInDevanagari | गार्गी वाचक्नवी NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| nameScript | Devanagari ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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scholar ⓘ |
| participatedIn | philosophical debate at King Janaka’s court ⓘ |
| philosophicalInterest |
cosmology
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nature of the universe ⓘ relation between the finite and the infinite ⓘ ultimate reality (Brahman) ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod |
dialectical questioning
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public debate ⓘ |
| questionedConcept |
support of space
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that which is above the heavens and below the earth ⓘ that which pervades heaven and earth and is the warp of reality ⓘ |
| region | ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInTradition |
Upanishadic interlocutor
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exemplar of women’s scholarship in Vedic times ⓘ |
| statusInModernScholarship | one of the earliest recorded women philosophers in world history ⓘ |
| statusInTradition | revered sage ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Vedic period
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late Vedic age ⓘ |
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Gargi Vachaknavi