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Ashtavakra (Sanskrit: अष्टावक्रः, IAST: Aṣṭāvakraḥ) or Ushtaavukruhu is a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism. His name literally means "eight deformities", reflecting the eight physical deformities he was born with. His maternal grandfather was the Vedic sage Aruni, his parents were both Vedic students at Aruni's school. Ashtavakra studied, became a sage and a celebrated character of the Hindu Itihasa epics and Puranas. Ashtavakra is the author of the text Aṣṭāvakra Gītā, also known as Aṣṭāvakra Saṃhitā, in Hindu traditions. The text is a treatise on Brahman and Atman.

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  • Ashtavakra (Sanskrit: अष्टावक्रः, IAST: Aṣṭāvakraḥ) or Ushtaavukruhu is a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism. His name literally means "eight deformities", reflecting the eight physical deformities he was born with. His maternal grandfather was the Vedic sage Aruni, his parents were both Vedic students at Aruni's school. Ashtavakra studied, became a sage and a celebrated character of the Hindu Itihasa epics and Puranas. Ashtavakra is the author of the text Aṣṭāvakra Gītā, also known as Aṣṭāvakra Saṃhitā, in Hindu traditions. The text is a treatise on Brahman and Atman. (en)
  • Аштавакра (санскр. अष्टावक्रः, IAST: aṣṭāvakra, «восьмикратно скрученный») — древний мудрец, упоминаемый в священных текстах индуизма, где он выступает наставником легендарного царя Митхилы по имени Джанака, а также одного из величайших ведийских мудрецов по имени Яджнавалкья. Подробное изложение легенды о жизни Аштавакры содержится в третьей книге Махабхараты – Араньякапарве. Он также упоминается в Рамаяне и считается автором знаменитого ведантистского трактата под названием Аштавакрагита. Аштавакре посвящена написанная в 2009 году одноимённая поэма знаменитого индийского духовного учителя по имени Свами Рамбхадрачарья. (ru)
  • 八曲仙人(梵語:अष्टावक्रः,羅馬化:Aṣṭāvakra),印度神话中的仙人。他的雙手雙腳、兩邊膝蓋、頭胸等八個部位都扭曲變形。其父迦果羅是聖人的頭號弟子,并迎娶了師父的女兒蘇佳塔(Sujata)。蘇佳塔在懷孕期間仍舊跟著父親與丈夫一同聆聽吠陀經典,因此八曲在胎兒時期就通曉許多知識。長大後的八曲成為一名博學的智者,並在薩門迦河(Samanga)中洗澡而恢復了正常人的形體。 八曲仙人門下有兩位重要的弟子——(Yajnavalkya,又稱)和(Videha)國王遮那迦(Janaka),其中,他向遮那迦王開釋的語錄後來編譯成了著名的《八曲梵歌》(Ashtavakra Gita)。祭皮衣仙人则成为一位偉大的瑜珈聖者,編著了奧義經典《百道梵書》(Satapatha Brahmana)。 (zh)
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  • Videha, presend day Janakpur, Nepal (en)
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  • Aṣṭāvakra was born with physical handicap and grew up into a celebrated sage in Hinduism, 19th-century painting. (en)
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  • Kahoda (en)
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  • Sujata (en)
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  • Aṣṭāvakra (en)
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  • Ashtavakra (en)
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  • Vana Parva, Mahabharata Book iii (en)
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  • Suprabha (en)
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  • A grey head does not make an elder, Not by years, not by grey hairs, not by riches nor by relations did the seers make the Law, He who is great to us, is one who has learning. (en)
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  • Ashtavakra (Sanskrit: अष्टावक्रः, IAST: Aṣṭāvakraḥ) or Ushtaavukruhu is a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism. His name literally means "eight deformities", reflecting the eight physical deformities he was born with. His maternal grandfather was the Vedic sage Aruni, his parents were both Vedic students at Aruni's school. Ashtavakra studied, became a sage and a celebrated character of the Hindu Itihasa epics and Puranas. Ashtavakra is the author of the text Aṣṭāvakra Gītā, also known as Aṣṭāvakra Saṃhitā, in Hindu traditions. The text is a treatise on Brahman and Atman. (en)
  • Аштавакра (санскр. अष्टावक्रः, IAST: aṣṭāvakra, «восьмикратно скрученный») — древний мудрец, упоминаемый в священных текстах индуизма, где он выступает наставником легендарного царя Митхилы по имени Джанака, а также одного из величайших ведийских мудрецов по имени Яджнавалкья. Подробное изложение легенды о жизни Аштавакры содержится в третьей книге Махабхараты – Араньякапарве. Он также упоминается в Рамаяне и считается автором знаменитого ведантистского трактата под названием Аштавакрагита. Аштавакре посвящена написанная в 2009 году одноимённая поэма знаменитого индийского духовного учителя по имени Свами Рамбхадрачарья. (ru)
  • 八曲仙人(梵語:अष्टावक्रः,羅馬化:Aṣṭāvakra),印度神话中的仙人。他的雙手雙腳、兩邊膝蓋、頭胸等八個部位都扭曲變形。其父迦果羅是聖人的頭號弟子,并迎娶了師父的女兒蘇佳塔(Sujata)。蘇佳塔在懷孕期間仍舊跟著父親與丈夫一同聆聽吠陀經典,因此八曲在胎兒時期就通曉許多知識。長大後的八曲成為一名博學的智者,並在薩門迦河(Samanga)中洗澡而恢復了正常人的形體。 八曲仙人門下有兩位重要的弟子——(Yajnavalkya,又稱)和(Videha)國王遮那迦(Janaka),其中,他向遮那迦王開釋的語錄後來編譯成了著名的《八曲梵歌》(Ashtavakra Gita)。祭皮衣仙人则成为一位偉大的瑜珈聖者,編著了奧義經典《百道梵書》(Satapatha Brahmana)。 (zh)
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