Ashtavakra Gita: the same two, a different book

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The most radical Advaita text in Sanskrit is attributed to a teenage cripple from the Mahabharata.

A separate Advaita dialogue between Ashtavakra and Janaka on bondage and the Self; in one exchange Ashtavakra says the body's shape does not touch the Self. Wikipedia says the sage is probably the epic Ashtavakra but no text says so. Dating ranges from 500-400 BCE to the 8th or 14th century CE. Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi and Radhakrishnan are named as admirers.

Who: Ashtavakra, Janaka

Bound to

Ashtavakra defeats Bandin at Janaka's court same-story-other-version

Places: Mithila

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