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.

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     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
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