The most distinguished is Yâjñavalkya who, though seen through a mist of myths and trivial stories about the minutiae of ritual, appears as a personality with certain traits that are probably historical.
It is probable that the Black Yajur Veda represents the more western schools and that the native land of the White recension and of Yâjñavalkya lay further east, perhaps in Videha.
And having so spoken, Yâjñavalkya went away into the forest.
This Upanishad relates the incident of Yâjñavalkya and Maîtreyî twice.
Yâjñavalkya proceeded to explain to her his doctrine of the Âtman, the self or essence, the spirit present in man as well as in the universe.
Unfortunately the striking picture which it gives of Yâjñavalkya cannot be accepted as historical.
Yâjñavalkya thereupon explains that death, by which everything is overcome, is itself overcome by water; for death is fire.
Yâj/ñ/avalkya again shows that it is the highest Self.
Yâjñavalkya speaks to Janaka about the brahmavidyâ.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "avalkya" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
