Gargi Vachaknavi was an ancient Indian female philosopher, daughter of sage Vachaknu, and born in the family of Garga, circa 800 - 500 BCE. Gargi is mentioned in the Sixth and the Eighth Brahmana of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, where the brahmayajna, a philosophic congress organized by King Janaka of Videha is described, she challenged the sage Yajnavalkya with perturbing questions on the atman (soul). In Vedic literature, she is honored as one of the great natural philosophers.

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  • Gargi Vachaknavi was an ancient Indian female philosopher, daughter of sage Vachaknu, and born in the family of Garga, circa 800 - 500 BCE. Gargi is mentioned in the Sixth and the Eighth Brahmana of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, where the brahmayajna, a philosophic congress organized by King Janaka of Videha is described, she challenged the sage Yajnavalkya with perturbing questions on the atman (soul). In Vedic literature, she is honored as one of the great natural philosophers. Gargi composed several hymns that questioned the origin of all existence. Yogayajnavalkya Samhita, a classical text on Yoga is a dialogue between sage Yajnavalkya and Gargi Gargi was one of the Navaratnas in the court of King Janaka of Mithila.
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  • Gargi Vachaknavi was an ancient Indian female philosopher, daughter of sage Vachaknu, and born in the family of Garga, circa 800 - 500 BCE. Gargi is mentioned in the Sixth and the Eighth Brahmana of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, where the brahmayajna, a philosophic congress organized by King Janaka of Videha is described, she challenged the sage Yajnavalkya with perturbing questions on the atman (soul). In Vedic literature, she is honored as one of the great natural philosophers.
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  • Gargi Vachaknavi
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