Maitreyi Brāhmaṇa
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Maitreyi Brāhmaṇa is a celebrated philosophical section of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad that records the dialogue between the sage Yājñavalkya and his wife Maitreyi on the nature of the Self and immortality.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Upanishadic text section
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philosophical section ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophicalSchool | Advaita Vedānta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Upaniṣads
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Śruti literature ⓘ |
| centralQuestion | Can wealth grant immortality? ⓘ |
| concerns |
relationship between knowledge and immortality
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value of household life versus renunciation ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
Self-knowledge as means to liberation (mokṣa)
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supremacy of spiritual knowledge over material wealth ⓘ |
| features | Maitreyi as a questioning philosophical interlocutor ⓘ |
| featuresDialogueBetween | Yājñavalkya and Maitreyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
immortality
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nature of the Self ⓘ renunciation ⓘ true knowledge (vidyā) ⓘ Ātman (Self) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| hasKeyLine |
“By wealth one cannot become immortal” (paraphrase)
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“Not for the sake of the husband is the husband dear, but for the sake of the Self he is dear” (paraphrase) ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacters |
Maitreyi
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Yājñavalkya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
concept of the philosophically learned woman in Hindu tradition
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later Vedāntic exegesis of renunciation ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| locatedInText |
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionsCharacter | Kātyāyanī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeContext | Yājñavalkya’s decision to renounce household life ⓘ |
| originalScript | Vedic Sanskrit oral tradition ⓘ |
| partOf | Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme | identity of Ātman and Brahman (in later interpretations) ⓘ |
| preservedIn | various recensions of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the most famous dialogues of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| scripturalCollection | Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa tradition context ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | canonical Upanishadic passage ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Indian philosophy
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Indology ⓘ comparative religion ⓘ |
| teaches |
immortality is attained through knowledge of the Self
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the Self is to be realized for true immortality ⓘ |
| textType | prose ⓘ |
| timePeriod | composed in late Vedic period ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | Śaṅkara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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