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Yajnavalkya

Also called: Vajasaneya

The sage to whom the White Yajurveda is traced. The Shatapatha Brahmana ends by saying its Yajus formulas come from Aditya, the Sun, proclaimed by Yajnavalkya Vajasaneya. The Vishnu Purana says he gave back his teacher Vaishampayana's Veda and received a new one from the Sun in the form of a horse.

Sources: The Upanishads, tr. F. Max Muller (Sacred Books of the East 1 and 15); The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840); The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Yajnavalkya's web

Relations 2

Yajnavalkya taught by

Surya (God) · Yajnavalkya receives the Yajus from the Sun
The Sun gives Yajnavalkya the Yajus.
Vaishampayana (Sage) · Yajnavalkya receives the Yajus from the Sun
His first teacher, who takes the Veda back.

Stories 1

Yajnavalkya receives the Yajus from the Sun
Legend · as the pupil who loses and regains the Veda · 3 tellings

Cited

The Upanishads, tr. F. Max Muller (Sacred Books of the East 1 and 15) § brihadaranyaka.6.5.3 Primary text (translation)
The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840) § 3.5 Primary text (translation)
The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § shanti.319 Primary text (translation)