According to tradition, Yājñavalkya was the son of Devarāta and was the pupil of sage Vaisampayana.

Yājñavalkya replied that there was no hope of immortality through wealth and that she would only become one among the many who were well-to-do on.

Yājñavalkya was one of the greatest sages ever known.

According to his account, the founder of the Bahuśrutīya sect was named Yājñavalkya.

In Paramārtha's account, Yājñavalkya is said to have lived during the time of the Buddha, and to have heard his discourses, but was in a profound state of samādhi during the time of the Buddha's parinirvāṇa.

The Sun God, pleased with Yājñavalkya penance, assumed the form of a horse and graced the sage with such fresh portions of the Yajurveda as were not known to any other.

Yājñavalkya worshipped and extolled the Sun, the master of the Vedas, for the purpose of acquiring the fresh Vedic portions not known to his preceptor, Vaiśampāyana.

Once, Vaisampayana got angry with Yājñavalkya as the latter argued too much to separate some latter additions to Yajurveda in being abler than other students.

During this period, some of the descendants of Yājñavalkya were offered these princesses as brides as they were the only sects bestowed with the quality of pride amongst the various Brahman sects.

If the ascription of the Shatapatha Brahmana and the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad is genuine, Yājñavalkya has made important contributions to both philosophy, including the apophatic teaching of ' neti neti ', and to astronomy, describing the 95-year cycle to synchronize the motions of the sun and the moon.

This immortal conversation between Yājñavalkya and Maitreyi is recorded in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

Wisdom of Yājñavalkya is shown in Brhadaranyaka Upanishad where he gives his teachings to his wife Maitreyi and King Janaka.

: For the Dharmaśāstra text traditionally attributed to Yājñavalkya, see Yājñavalkya Smṛti.

Women who became afraid during the act of Sati could, according to writings in the Yājñavalkya Smṛti, be called back from the act of sati by her deceased husband's relations to cause her to rise up and stop the act of sati.

the codes of Manusmṛti, Yājñavalkya Smṛti and the 16 succeeding inspired lawgivers ) … all these lawgivers being held to be inspired and to have based their precepts on the Vedas ;

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For example, in “ the Haritasamhita it is said the killer of a brahmana suffers from white leprosy and the killer of a cow from black leprosy .” While the list is extensive for ways of reducing sin and therefore reducing bad karma, some authors, such as Mitākṣarā, a commentator on the Yājñavalkya Smṛti, believe karma is, “ not to be taken literally, but is meant to induce sinner to undergo such prāyaścittas or penance as Prajapatya which entail great worry and trouble and which no one might willingly undertake .”

The angry teacher asked his pupil Yājñavalkya to give back all the knowledge of Yajurveda that he had taught him.

As per the demands of his Guru, Yājñavalkya vomited all the knowledge that he acquired from his teacher in form of digested food.

Then Yājñavalkya determined not to have any human guru thereafter.

Yājñavalkya divided this Vajasaneya Yajurveda again into fifteen branches, each branch comprising hundreds of Yajus Mantras.

Yājñavalkya married two wives.

When Yājñavalkya wished to divide his property between the two wives, Maitreyi asked whether she could become immortal through wealth.

When she heard this, Maitreyi asked Yājñavalkya to teach her what he considered as the best.

Then Yājñavalkya described to her the greatness of the Absolute Self, the nature of its existence, the way of attaining infinite knowledge and immortality, etc.

In the end, Yājñavalkya took Vidvat Sanyasa ( renunciation after the attainment of the knowledge of Brahman ) and retired to the forest.

Most of the Hindu Laws today are based on the Yājñavalkya Smriti.

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