Vedic Dialectician
Gargi Vachaknavi
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A woman philosopher in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad who questions the sage Yajnavalkya in a public debate about what the world is woven on.
Key work: Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, book 3
“In what then is the ether woven, like warp and woof?”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
She asked what the world itself is woven from.
She questioned the sage so hard that he warned her not to ask too much.
A question has a place in the assembly.
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The Question in the AssemblyWhat Is It Woven OnNeti, NetiThe Rope and the SnakeSalt in Water
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