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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Vedic scholar at Ancient Mithila University}}<br />
{{Infobox religious biography<br />
| religion = [[Sanatana]] [[Hinduism]]<br />
| native_name = आर्तभाग<br />
| native_name_lang = sa<br />
| era = Later Vedic Period<br />
| occupation = Philosopher, Vedic Scholar<br />
| father = Ṛtabhāga<br />
| alma_mater = [[Ancient Mithila University]]<br />
| name = Artabhaga<br />
| alias = Jaratkarava Artabhaga<br />
}}<br />
'''Artabhaga''' ([[Sanskrit]]: आर्तभाग, [[Romanization|Romanised]]:''Ārtabhāga'') was an Indian philosopher who participated in the ''[[Bahudakshina Yajna]]'' organised by the [[Janaka|King Janaka]] of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] at his court.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2015-02-23 |title=Yajnavalkya and Artabhaga [Section II] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-brihadaranyaka-upanishad/d/doc118304.html |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2020-04-18 |title=Artabhaga, Ārtabhāga: 3 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/artabhaga |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> He was a Vedic sage in the line of ''[[Jaratkaru|Jaratkāru]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Upanishads |url=https://upanishads.org.in/upanishads/12/3/2/13 |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=upanishads.org.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bombay |first=Asiatic Society of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8EA8_Xv5BRYC&q=artabhaga |title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay |date=1902 |publisher=The Society |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Raimon |first=Panikkar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCZSDQAAQBAJ&q=artabhaga |title=Hinduism: The Vedic Experience: Mantramanjari |date=2016-12-15 |publisher=Orbis Books |isbn=978-1-60833-669-2 |language=ar}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Artabhaga was the son of ''Ṛtabhāga''.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Description ==<br />
Artabhaga was the second [[Brahmin]] scholar in the Bahudakshina Yajna organised at the court of [[Kriti Janaka|King Kriti Janaka]] in Mithila, who debated and asked questions to the sage [[Yajnavalkya]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Pioneer |first=The |title=The turning point |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2015/sunday-edition/the-turning-point.html |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=The Pioneer |language=en}}</ref> The dialogues between the Brahmins Artabhaga and Yajnavalkya is known as ''Yajnavalkya - Artabhaga Samvada'' or ''Yajnavalkya - Artabhaga Shastrartha''. This dialogue is recorded in the [[Brihadaranyaka Upanishad]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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When the first opponent [[Ashvala]] asked some questions on the topics of the [[Vedas|Vedic]] philosophy to the sage Yajnavalkya and got answers of all the questions from the sage Yajnavalkya, then he kept quiet and became silent.<ref name=":2" /> After that it was Artabhaga who started [[Shastrartha]] with the sage Yajnavalkya. Artabhaga also asked many questions with the sage Yajnavalkya related to the Vedic philosophy but was unable to defeat him. The sage Yajnavalkya answered all questions inquired by Artabhaga.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Yajnavalkya - Artabhaga Shastrartha ==<br />
The core topics of the ''Artabhaga - Yajnavalkya Shastrartha'' were ''Grahas'' and ''Atigrahas''. In the Shastrartha, Artabhaga first asked the number of Grahas and Atigrahas with the sage Yajnavalkya. Then Yajnavalkya replied that there are eight Grahas and eight Atigrahas. He further mentioned and explained each Grahas and its Atigrahas in the Shastrartha, when it was inquired by Artabhaga. The first Graha he mentioned was Prāṇa, that is nose, which is controlled by the Atigraha of Apāna, that is odour. The term Apāna means the air we breathe. The second Graha is Vāgvai, that is organ of speech, which is controlled by the Atigraha of "''Name",'' that is utterance. The third graha is Jihvā, that is tongue, which is controlled by the Atigraha of taste. The fourth graha is cakśu, that is eyes, which is controlled by the Atigraha of colour. The fifth graha is Śrotraṃ, that is ear, which is controlled by the Atigraha of sound. The sixth graha is Mano, that is mind, which is controlled by the Atigraha of desire. Similarly the seventh graha is Hastau, that is hand, which is controlled by the Atigraha of work. And the last and eighth graha is Tvagvai, that is skin, which is controlled by the Atigraha of touch. <br />
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After that Artabhaga in his next question inquired about the ''death of death''.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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