Ashtavakra or Ashtaavakra in sanskrit means "eight bends". The Sanskrit language ( संस्कृता वाक्) is one of the earliest attested members of the Indo-European language family and is not only a classical language, but also an official language of India. ...

In ancient india, sage Ashtavakra was known to be very intelligent and spiritually well advanced rishi who realized self or Atman. More information about his birth and life comes from indian epic Mahabharata. Sage Uddalaka ran a school (Ashram) teaching Vedic knowledge. Kahola was one of his best disciples. Uddalaka was so pleased with him that he got his daughter Sujata married to him. Sujata, eventually got pregnant and wanted her child to surpass all the sages of his time in spirituality and intelligence. So, she began to sit in the classes taught by Uddalaka and Kahola, listening to their chanting of mantras with the unborn baby. In ancient india, there was a belief that when expectant mothers expose themselves spiritual teachings the child in the womb hears it and gathers that knowledge and becomes a genius in that spiritual area after its birth. It was one day, Kahola recited the Vedas as laid down in the disciplinary rules, but within hearing distance of the child growing in the womb. It heard the recitation but, since it was already aware of the correct pronunciation of every syllable since its mother used to attend classes with rapt attention, whenever Kahola spelt a syllable wrong, it squirmed in distress. So, when the baby was born, it had eight bends, crooked in eight places, in fact! Naturally, he was named Ashtavakra (Eight Bends). In Hinduism, the Rishis are sages and/or seers who heard the hymns of the Devas; and then wrote them down as Vedic scriptures. ... (Redirected from ) This is a disambiguation page for the term atman (or atma). ... The Mahabharata (Devanagari: महाभारत, phonetically Mahābhārata - see note), sometimes just called Bharata, is one of the two major ancient Sanskrit epics of India, the other being the Ramayana. ... Ashrams in ancient India, were Hindu hermitages where sages used to live in peace and tranquility amidst nature. ... In Tibet, many Buddhists carve mantras into rocks as a form of devotion. ...

Later Ashtavakra grew into a spiritually advanced rishi and realised Atman. He went to Mithila and instructed King janaka about the concept of Atman this forms the content of Ashtavakra Gita or Ashtavakra Samhita as it is sometimes called. In Hinduism, the Rishis are sages and/or seers who heard the hymns of the Devas; and then wrote them down as Vedic scriptures. ... (Redirected from ) This is a disambiguation page for the term atman (or atma). ... Mithila was a kingdom in ancient India. ... In Ancient India, Janaka was the King of Mithila Kingdom. ... (Redirected from ) This is a disambiguation page for the term atman (or atma). ... The Ashtavakra Gita (Song of Ashtavakra) is an influential nondualist Hindu text traditionally said to have been written by the Sage Ashtavakra, though its authorship is not known with certainty. ... ...