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Janaka of Videha

Also called: Janaka Vaideha

The philosopher king of Videha in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. In 5.14.8 he asks Budila Ashvatarashvi how one who claimed to know the Gayatri came to be an elephant carrying him.

Sources: The Upanishads, tr. F. Max Muller (Sacred Books of the East 1 and 15) · see Janaka of Videha's web

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Janaka of Videha tested

Budila Ashvatarashvi (Mortal) · The verse of Savitr (the Gayatri)
Janaka asks Budila why a knower of the Gayatri became an elephant.

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The verse of Savitr (the Gayatri)
Legend · as questions Budila (Upanishad) · 7 tellings

Cited

The Upanishads, tr. F. Max Muller (Sacred Books of the East 1 and 15) § brihadaranyaka.5.14.8 Primary text (translation)