Yājñavalkya
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Yājñavalkya was an ancient Vedic sage and philosopher renowned for his profound teachings on the Self and ultimate reality in early Upanishadic thought.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yajnavalkya | 6 |
| Yājñavalkya canonical | 5 |
| Yajnavalkya (as court sage of Janaka) | 1 |
| Yājñavalkya (traditionally attributed) | 1 |
| Yājñavalkya and Maitreyi | 1 |
| sage Yajnavalkya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5845829 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yājñavalkya Context triple: [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad, traditionallyAttributedTo, Yājñavalkya]
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Vashistha
Vashistha is a revered Vedic sage and one of the Saptarishi in Hindu tradition, known as a royal priest, spiritual teacher, and author of several important hymns in the Rigveda.
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Devarishi Narada
Devarishi Narada is a revered sage and divine messenger in Hindu tradition, known for traveling between worlds to spread wisdom, devotion, and news among gods and humans.
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Shurasena
Shurasena was an ancient Yadava king of the Vrishni clan, known in Hindu tradition as the grandfather of Krishna and a prominent ruler in the Mahabharata era.
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Bharadwaja
Bharadwaja is an ancient Vedic sage (rishi) revered in Hindu tradition, known as a progenitor of the Bharadwaja gotra and as a prominent seer associated with several hymns of the Rigveda.
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Bharata Muni
Bharata Muni is the ancient Indian sage traditionally credited with authoring the Nāṭyaśāstra, the foundational treatise on Sanskrit dramaturgy, performance, and aesthetic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yājñavalkya Target entity description: 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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A.
Vashistha
Vashistha is a revered Vedic sage and one of the Saptarishi in Hindu tradition, known as a royal priest, spiritual teacher, and author of several important hymns in the Rigveda.
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B.
Devarishi Narada
Devarishi Narada is a revered sage and divine messenger in Hindu tradition, known for traveling between worlds to spread wisdom, devotion, and news among gods and humans.
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C.
Shurasena
Shurasena was an ancient Yadava king of the Vrishni clan, known in Hindu tradition as the grandfather of Krishna and a prominent ruler in the Mahabharata era.
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D.
Bharadwaja
Bharadwaja is an ancient Vedic sage (rishi) revered in Hindu tradition, known as a progenitor of the Bharadwaja gotra and as a prominent seer associated with several hymns of the Rigveda.
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E.
Bharata Muni
Bharata Muni is the ancient Indian sage traditionally credited with authoring the Nāṭyaśāstra, the foundational treatise on Sanskrit dramaturgy, performance, and aesthetic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Upanishadic teacher
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Vedic sage ⓘ philosopher ⓘ rishi ⓘ |
| associatedText |
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
ⓘ
linked to:
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad
Chāndogya Upaniṣad ⓘ
linked to:
Chāndogya Upanishad
Yājñavalkya Smṛti ⓘ
linked to:
Yajnavalkya Smriti
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ⓘ
linked to:
Shatapatha Brahmana
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| associatedWithKingdom | Videha ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
Brahman
ⓘ
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
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philosophical debate with Gārgī ⓘ philosophical dialogue with King Janaka ⓘ |
| era | Vedic period ⓘ |
| ethicalView | detachment from wealth and possessions ⓘ |
| field |
ethics
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metaphysics ⓘ ritual theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Advaita Vedānta tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Advaita Vedanta
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 ⓘ |
| ontology | non-dual understanding of reality ⓘ |
| philosophicalIdea |
impermanence of worldly possessions
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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
ⓘ
linked to:
Upanishads
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| soteriologicalView | liberation through self-knowledge ⓘ |
| spouse |
Kātyāyanī
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linked to:
Katyayani
Maitreyī ⓘ
linked to:
Maitreyi
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| taughtTo |
Gārgī Vācaknavī
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King Janaka of Videha ⓘ
linked to:
King Janaka
Maitreyī ⓘ
linked to:
Maitreyi
|
| teachingMethod | dialogue and question–answer format ⓘ |
| tradition | Vedic tradition ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | sage in Hindu tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Yājñavalkya Description of subject: Yājñavalkya was an ancient Vedic sage and philosopher renowned for his profound teachings on the Self and ultimate reality in early Upanishadic thought.
Referenced by (15)
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