Gargi's Fires: Gender, Caste, Rebirth, and the Metaphysics of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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Brahmins, I Rise to Challenge You, Yagne Valkia, With Two Questions
G gargi is a literary construct that the brahmin composers are using to represent their opponents from the gargea families. The opanishads are being composed at a pavatal time for the watic school of the white yajur wedans. These guys want to establish the superiority of their ideas in their region over their competitors. And they're doing it by having yagni valkie defeat representatives of other schools in debate.
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