Ashtabakra Geeta Odia Book
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Ashtavakra is probably identical to the holy sage with the same name who appears in Mahabharata, though the connection is not clearly stated in any of the texts.Mukherjee identifies Janaka as the father of Sita and disciple of the sage Yajnavalkya in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.note Janaka is also depicted as a king who has attained perfection in vedas.It is essentially the philosophical dialogue between Janaka, the father of Sita and the sage Ashtavakra.
According to Hindu scriptures, Ashtavakra is a sage who was born with eight physical abnormalities. Ashtavakra Samhita is the foundation of Ashtavakra Gita. It is a discourse about the sage\’s advice to Emperor Janaka regarding the Self. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Swami Vivekananda, two of India\’s most well-known saints, held the Ashtavakra doctrines in the highest regard.
