Gargi ;the great vedic scholar
This post is slap or on the face of those people who says women should not read vedas .For those people who says women is inferior in hindu culture .Vedas spoke of equality not of discrimination .Me being gal, my parents never stopped me from reading vedas,upanishadas ,and even chanting of various religious mantras.Its because of my mother that i can be admin of such challenging and informative page.Even though she is from orthodox family of hawikya brahmins of Karnataka she always supported me in reading ancient texts and my mothers family always supported women's involvement in reading ancient literature ,and About Gargi i read since childhood..
Gargi Vachaknavi was an ancient Indian philosopher. In Vedic literature, she is honored as one of the great natural philosophers.Gargi was named after the sage Garga, in whose lineage she was born; her last name comes from her father Vachaknu.
Gargi, daughter of sage Vachaknu, composed several hymns that questioned the origin of all existence. When King Janak of Videha organized a 'brahmayajna', a philosophic congress centered around the fire sacrament, Gargi was one of the eminent participants. She challenged the sage Yajnavalkya with a volley of perturbing questions on the soul or 'atman' that confounded the learned man who had till then silenced many an eminent scholar. Her question - "The layer that is above the sky and below the earth, which is described as being situated between the earth and the sky and which is indicated as the symbol of the past, present and future, where is that situated?" - bamboozled even the great Vedic men of letters.
Gargi composed several hymns that questioned the origin of all existence. The Yoga Yajnavalkya, a classical text on Yoga is a dialogue between Gargi and sage Yajnavalkya. Gargi was one of the Navaratnas in the court of King Janaka of Mithila. She has composed several hymns and is an author of Gargi Samhit
Gargi who lived in Vedic times discussed the subject of individual's relation with the universe - nucleus of Vedantha.She is also a head of a lineage known as Gargi gothram .
Gargi, was the daughter of Vachaknu. Gargi is often cited or referred to in discussions about the place of women in Hindu and Indian tradition.Gargi came to share her knowledge with Yagnavalkya and realised that he was indeed a master.
She was an invitee to the world's first conference on philosophy, convened by King Janaka of Videha, and challenged Yajnavalkya to a public debate. Her acknowledgement of defeat and praise of Yajnavalkya induced the king to gift him 1,000 cows and 10,000 gold pieces, which Yajnavalkya rejected and retired to the forest, followed by his wife Maitreyi, an equally educated and spirited woman.".
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This post is slap or on the face of those people who says women should not read vedas .For those people who says women is inferior in hindu culture .Vedas spoke of equality not of discrimination .Me being gal, my parents never stopped me from reading vedas,upanishadas ,and even chanting of various religious mantras.Its because of my mother that i can be admin of such challenging and informative page.Even though she is from orthodox family of hawikya brahmins of Karnataka she always supported me in reading ancient texts and my mothers family always supported women's involvement in reading ancient literature ,and About Gargi i read since childhood..
Gargi Vachaknavi was an ancient Indian philosopher. In Vedic literature, she is honored as one of the great natural philosophers.Gargi was named after the sage Garga, in whose lineage she was born; her last name comes from her father Vachaknu.
Gargi, daughter of sage Vachaknu, composed several hymns that questioned the origin of all existence. When King Janak of Videha organized a 'brahmayajna', a philosophic congress centered around the fire sacrament, Gargi was one of the eminent participants. She challenged the sage Yajnavalkya with a volley of perturbing questions on the soul or 'atman' that confounded the learned man who had till then silenced many an eminent scholar. Her question - "The layer that is above the sky and below the earth, which is described as being situated between the earth and the sky and which is indicated as the symbol of the past, present and future, where is that situated?" - bamboozled even the great Vedic men of letters.
Gargi composed several hymns that questioned the origin of all existence. The Yoga Yajnavalkya, a classical text on Yoga is a dialogue between Gargi and sage Yajnavalkya. Gargi was one of the Navaratnas in the court of King Janaka of Mithila. She has composed several hymns and is an author of Gargi Samhit
Gargi who lived in Vedic times discussed the subject of individual's relation with the universe - nucleus of Vedantha.She is also a head of a lineage known as Gargi gothram .
Gargi, was the daughter of Vachaknu. Gargi is often cited or referred to in discussions about the place of women in Hindu and Indian tradition.Gargi came to share her knowledge with Yagnavalkya and realised that he was indeed a master.
She was an invitee to the world's first conference on philosophy, convened by King Janaka of Videha, and challenged Yajnavalkya to a public debate. Her acknowledgement of defeat and praise of Yajnavalkya induced the king to gift him 1,000 cows and 10,000 gold pieces, which Yajnavalkya rejected and retired to the forest, followed by his wife Maitreyi, an equally educated and spirited woman.".
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