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Yajnavalkya’s smriti is also more precise and organized than that of Manu’s. The British also considered the Yajnavalkya Smriti the basis of what they called “the Hindu Law.” [14] The Yajnavalkya Smriti became even more well-known through a commentary written on it by Vijnaneshvara called the Mitakshara in the mid-twelfth century. [14]
Five medieval era bhasya (review and commentaries) on Yajnavalkya Smrti have survived into the modern era. [27] These are by Visvarupa ( Bālakrīḍā , 750-1000 CE), Vijanesvara ( Mitaksara , 11th or 12th century, most studied, from the Varanasi school), Apararka ( Apararka-nibandha , 12th-century, from the Kashmir school), Sulapani ...
According to the Puranas, Yajnavalkya is considered to be an incarnation of Brahma, and he is sometimes regarded to be a Brahmarshi. [4] In one legend, when Brahma gave place to Gayatri instead of his wife Savitri in a yajna, Savitri cursed him in anger due to which he was later born as Yajnavalkya in the house of a sage named Charana.
Artabhaga was the second Brahmin scholar in the Bahudakshina Yajna organised at the court of King Janaka in Mithila, who debated and asked questions to the sage Yajnavalkya. [6] The dialogues between the Brahmins Artabhaga and Yajnavalkya is known as Yajnavalkya - Artabhaga Samvada or Yajnavalkya - Artabhaga Shastrartha.
It is believed that Yajnavalkya got his enlightenment here. It is the place where he wrote many texts of Ancient Indian philosophy. [1] He wrote Shatapatha Brahman, Yajnavalkya Smriti, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Yoga Yajnavalkya and many more. [2] Yajnavalkya Ashram is situated at Jagban village of Madhubani district in Mithila region of Bihar.
The Mitākṣarā is a vivṛti (legal commentary) on the Yajnavalkya Smriti best known for its theory of "inheritance by birth." It was written by Vijñāneśvara , a scholar in the Kalyani Chalukya court in the late eleventh century in the modern day state of Karnataka .
The text is traditionally attributed to Yajnavalkya, a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism.He is estimated to have lived in around the 8th century BCE, [3] and is associated with several other major ancient texts in Sanskrit, namely the Shukla Yajurveda, the Shatapatha Brahmana, the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the Dharmasastra named Yājñavalkya Smṛti, Vriddha Yajnavalkya, and Brihad Yajnavalkya. [4]
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