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Ashvala (Sanskrit: अश्वल) was the
chief Hotra Brahmin priest at the
court of the King
Janaka in Mithila. He was the
authority at the
Asvamedha Yajna organised...
- Mukunda-vilasa, Uttara-champu, and Raghavabhyudaya. His
nephew Ananda-raya
wrote Ashvala-yana-grhya-sutra-vritti, Jivananda-nataka, and Vidya-parinaya-nataka (with...
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Ashvala, Artabhaga, Bhujyu, Ushasta, Kahola, Gargi,
Uddalaka and Vidagdha. The
debate with
Yajnavalkya was
started by the
Chief Priest Ashvala of the...
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dialogue is
recorded in the
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. When the
first opponent Ashvala asked some
questions on the
topics of the
Vedic philosophy to the sage...
- Mukunda-vilasa, Uttara-champu, and Raghavabhyudaya. His
nephew Ananda-raya
wrote Ashvala-yana-grhya-sutra-vritti, Jivananda-nataka, and Vidya-parinaya-nataka (with...