Ashtavakra
unknown dates, maybe c. 3,000 BCE

Sanskrit:  अष्‍टवक्र
Indian sage in early history

sayings are written in the
Mahagita.

name means "eight bends"--ashta-vakra, as his body
was deformed from birth.

dialogue with King Janak is the basis of the book.

Enlightenment: The Only Revolution is Osho's English
translation title of his original Hindi talks on this man.
 Man has many scriptures, but none comparable to the
Gita of Ashtavakra, ... even the Bhagavad Gita does
not have the majesty found in the
Ashtavakra Samhita...
                                 
                                                             --Osho
                     Enlightenment: The Only Revolution
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