May 12, 2018

Yogishwar Yajnavalkya

A special cover was released on Yajnavalkya on 11th April 2018 at Chamarajapet.

Sage Yajnavalkya, author of Yajnavalkya Smriti is believed to be the incarnation of Brahma. The text is composed in sloka (poetic metre) style like other works of  Dharmasastra tradition.' Yoga Yajnavalkya ' written by him in male-female dialogue style is another great work on Yoga. Other texts attributed to him are Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Satapata Brahmana and Pratijna Sutra.He is considered to be the pioneer of legal jurisprudence in India.

Cover Code: KTK/33/2018.
Courtesy: Suresh Rao, Bnegaluru.

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