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=== Sabha Sabhyatvam ===

=== Sabha Sabhyatvam ===

Yajnavalkya adorned the courts of Yudhisthira and Indra as per Mahabharata. <blockquote>तित्तिरिर्याज्ञवल्क्यश्च ससुतो लोमहर्षणः। tittiriryājñavalkyaśca sasuto lomaharṣaṇaḥ। (Maha. Sabh. Parv. 2.4.12)</blockquote><blockquote>पवित्रपाणिः सावर्णिर्याज्ञवल्क्योऽथ भालुकिः। pavitrapāṇiḥ sāvarṇiryājñavalkyo'tha bhālukiḥ। (Maha. Sabh. Parv. 2.7.12)</blockquote>His famous discussions with Janaka Maharaja are ample evidences of his presence in the court of Janaka (Skan. Pura. 6.129.71).

Yajnavalkya adorned the courts of Yudhisthira and Indra as per Mahabharata. <blockquote>तित्तिरिर्याज्ञवल्क्यश्च ससुतो लोमहर्षणः। tittiriryājñavalkyaśca sasuto lomaharṣaṇaḥ। (Maha. Sabh. Parv. 2.4.12)</blockquote><blockquote>पवित्रपाणिः सावर्णिर्याज्ञवल्क्योऽथ भालुकिः। pavitrapāṇiḥ sāvarṇiryājñavalkyo'tha bhālukiḥ। (Maha. Sabh. Parv. 2.7.12)</blockquote>His famous discussions with Janaka Maharaja are ample evidences of his presence in the court of Janaka (Skan. Pura. 6.129.71 and Brhdaranyaka Upanishad Adhyayas 3 and 4)

== Contributions of Yajnavalkya ==

== Contributions of Yajnavalkya ==

== Importance of Yajnavalkya ==

== Importance of Yajnavalkya ==

Yajnavalkya is honoured in several traditions. Saint Kulasekhara claims him as a  great "Vaishnava Yogi".  His references to some of the Avataras of Vishnu (Varaha and Vamana for instance) in a new light in [[Shatapatha Brahmana]], wherein he declares Vishnu as God Supreme do attest to this certificate.<ref>Dr. K. S. Narayanacharya, ''Insights Into the Taittiriya Upanishad.'' Mysore : Kautilya Institute of National Studies (Mukundmala Verse 17)</ref>

Yajnavalkya is honoured in several traditions. Saint Kulasekhara claims him as a  great "Vaishnava Yogi".  His references to some of the Avataras of Vishnu (Varaha and Vamana for instance) in a new light in [[Shatapatha Brahmana]], wherein he declares Vishnu as God Supreme, do attest to this certificate.<ref>Dr. K. S. Narayanacharya, ''Insights Into the Taittiriya Upanishad.'' Mysore : Kautilya Institute of National Studies (Mukundmala Verse 17)</ref>

=== A Commentary on Yajnavalkya ===

== Other References ==

"Yajnavalkya was more interested in philosophy, the Jnanakanda of the Vedas and not so much in the Karmakanda. That is why he wanted to separate the two. He had an inclination towards asceticism (world renouncement). Till then Rishis were mostly householders, and they combined "action" with "thought". (Karma and Jnana). - the so called "forward path" (Pravratti Marga) with the "return path", (Nivrtti Marga).  Perhaps Vaisampayana, his Guru, understood that if rituals were shunted out (as desired by Yajnavalkya), an unwarranted greater importance would be associated with "knowledge" part leading to a greater importance being bestowed on escapism, asceticism and world-renouncing tendency". "Our traditional wisdom was that Living for God and and spiritual attainment of the highest order was compatible with householdership or Grahastya." 

*[http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Sage_Yājñavalkya Sage Yagnyavalkya]  on Hindupedia

 

*[http://www.shuklayajurveda.org/home.html Sukla Yajur Veda] from http://www.shuklayajurveda.org

*[http://www.shuklayajurveda.org/yagnavalkya-intro.html Yogeeswara Yagnyavalkya]  from http://www.shuklayajurveda.org

Some Non-Vedic schools and Anti Vedic schools have sought to exploit the name of Yajnavalkya. [[Yoga Yajnavalkya]] presents a Buddhist view of life. This work is definitely of a later origin as it deals in Advaitic terminology and concepts, reducing life to an illusion. This shows that anti Vedic thought currents are quick to grab names of great personalities and pass them on to posterity in a distorted form.    

*[https://vedavichara.com/vedic-chants/shukla-yajur-veda.html Selected Chants of Sukla Yajur Veda] from https://vedavichara.com

==References==

==References==

[[Category:Rishis]]

[[Category:Rishis]]