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href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Svetaketu" class="mw-redirect" title="Svetaketu">Svetaketu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main interest(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metaphysics" title="Metaphysics">Metaphysics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">Science</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Notable idea(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Theory of three elements</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)" title="Ātman (Hinduism)">Atman</a>-<a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a> Doctrine</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #FFC569; color: #000000;">Religious career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Disciples</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align:center;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Yajnavalkya" title="Yajnavalkya">Yajnavalkya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janaka" title="Janaka">Janaka</a>, Kahoda</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Influenced</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align:center;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Virtually all <a href="/wiki/Indian_philosophy" title="Indian philosophy">Indian philosophy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Uddalaka Aruni</b> (fl. c. 8th century BCE), (<a href="/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a>: उद्दालक आरुणि) also referred to as <b>Uddalaka</b> or <b>Aruni</b> or <b>Uddalaka Varuni</b>, is a revered <a href="/wiki/Vedic" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedic">Vedic</a> sage of <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-benami9_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benami9-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is mentioned in many Vedic era Sanskrit texts, and his philosophical teachings are among the center piece in the <i><a href="/wiki/Brihadaranyaka_Upanishad" title="Brihadaranyaka Upanishad">Brihadaranyaka Upanishad</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Chandogya_Upanishad" title="Chandogya Upanishad">Chandogya Upanishad</a></i>, two of the oldest Upanishadic scriptures.<sup id="cite_ref-lochtefeld717_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lochtefeld717-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Glucklich2008p65_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glucklich2008p65-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A famed Vedic teacher, Aruni lived a few centuries before the <a href="/wiki/Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha">Buddha</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-benami9_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benami9-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and attracted students from far regions of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>; some of his students such as <a href="/wiki/Yajnavalkya" title="Yajnavalkya">Yajnavalkya</a> are also highly revered in the Hindu traditions.<sup id="cite_ref-Glucklich2008p65_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glucklich2008p65-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Aruni and Yajnavalkya are among the most frequently mentioned Upanishadic teachers in Hinduism.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Ben-Ami Scharfstein, a professor emeritus of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, Uddalaka Aruni was one of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_philosophy" title="History of philosophy">first philosophers</a> in <a href="/wiki/Recorded_history" title="Recorded history">recorded history</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-benami9_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benami9-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Debiprasad_Chattopadhyaya" title="Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya">Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya</a> established Uddalaka Aruni as the first ‘<a href="/wiki/Natural_science" title="Natural science">natural scientist</a>’ in the intellectual history of the world. In the <i><a href="/wiki/Chandogya_Upanishad" title="Chandogya Upanishad">Chandogya Upanishad</a>,</i> Aruni asks metaphysical questions concerning the nature of reality and truth, observes constant change, and asks if there is something eternal and unchanging. From these questions, embedded in a dialogue with his son, he presents the concept of <a href="/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)" title="Ātman (Hinduism)">Ātman</a> (soul, Self) and <a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a> (universal Self).<sup id="cite_ref-benami56_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benami56-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udd%C4%81laka_%C4%80ru%E1%B9%87i&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Uddālaka Āruṇi was a brahmin of the <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Maharishi" title="Gautama Maharishi">Gautama</a> lineage who was from <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Kingdom">Kuru</a>-<a href="/wiki/Panchala" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchala">Pañcāla</a>. He was the pupil of Aruṇa (his father) and Patañcala Kāpya. He was the preceptor of <a href="/wiki/Y%C4%81j%C3%B1avalkya" class="mw-redirect" title="Yājñavalkya">Yājñavalkya Vājasaneya</a>, Kahola Kauṣītaki, Proti Kausurubindi, and his own son <a href="/wiki/Svetaketu" class="mw-redirect" title="Svetaketu">Śvetaketu Auddālaki</a>. 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href="/wiki/Template_talk:Hindu_philosophy" title="Template talk:Hindu philosophy"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Hindu_philosophy" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Hindu philosophy"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The name Aruni appears in many of the <a href="/wiki/Principal_Upanishads" title="Principal Upanishads">Principal Upanishads</a>, in numerous verses. For example: </p> <ul><li>In sections 3.7 and 6.2 of the <i>Brihadaranyaka Upanishad</i>, in a dialogue where Aruni is relatively a minor participant.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In sections 6.1–16 and 5.3 of the <i>Chandogya Upanishad</i>, as a major dialogue between Aruni and his son <a href="/wiki/Shvetaketu" class="mw-redirect" title="Shvetaketu">Svetaketu</a>, a dialogue about <a href="/wiki/Atman_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atman (Hinduism)">Atman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a> that contain ideas foundational to the <a href="/wiki/Vedanta" title="Vedanta">Vedanta</a> school of <a href="/wiki/Hindu_philosophy" title="Hindu philosophy">Hindu philosophy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dialogue sets the context of the son, who goes to a Vedic school for twelve years of studies, is conceded that he has learnt the books (Vedas). Aruni, the father enquires and presses Svetaketu whether at school, he pondered and understood the nature of existence, what is truth, what is reality, the meaning of life and self-knowledge,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the relationship between oneself, other beings and the universal self.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-benami56_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benami56-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In verse 1.1 of the <i><a href="/wiki/Kaushitaki_Upanishad" title="Kaushitaki Upanishad">Kaushitaki Upanishad</a></i>, where the scion of Gangya invites Aruni, but he sends his son to the event. This verse is notable for the conversation therein that suggests the full name of Aruni to be Uddalaka Aruni Gautama, and the mention of him as one of the characters in a group event that hosted "Vedic studies in the hall of sacrifice" (<i><a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">yajna</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Katha_Upanishad" title="Katha Upanishad">Katha Upanishad</a></i>, which opens with the story of Vajasravasa, also called <i>Aruni Auddalaki Gautama</i>. According to <a href="/wiki/Max_Muller" class="mw-redirect" title="Max Muller">Max Muller</a> – an Indologist at Oxford University, assuming the manuscripts have been correctly reproduced over their history, there may be a difference between "Auddalaki" (grandson) and "Uddalaki" (son), but he adds <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a> considered them to be same Aruni, in his commentaries on the Upanishads.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The theme discussed in the dialogues of the <i>Katha Upanishad</i> is also Atman and Brahman. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Deussen" title="Paul Deussen">Paul Deussen</a>, an Indologist at University of Kiel, states that there are inconsistencies about his full name in the Hindu traditions.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Texts">Texts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udd%C4%81laka_%C4%80ru%E1%B9%87i&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Texts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sage Aruni is revered in the Hindu tradition, and like many of its revered ancient scholars, later-era scholars from the earliest times attributed or named their texts after him. Some of these treatises include: </p> <ul><li><i>Arunisruti</i>, also called <i>Uddalaka Sruti</i>, likely a medieval era theistic text that has been lost to history, and one cited by <a href="/wiki/Madhvacharya" title="Madhvacharya">Madhvacharya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aruneya_Upanishad" title="Aruneya Upanishad">Aruni Upanishad</a></i>, also called <i>Aruneya Upanishad</i>, is one of the oldest renunciation and monk life-related <a href="/wiki/Sannyasa_Upanishads" title="Sannyasa Upanishads">Sannyasa Upanishads</a> of Hinduism.<sup id="cite_ref-olivelle5_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-olivelle5-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The text was likely completed in or after 4th-century BCE but before the start of the common era, according to Joachim Sprockhoff, the German scholar of Upanishads and according to <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Olivelle" title="Patrick Olivelle">Patrick Olivelle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-olivelle5_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-olivelle5-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Aruni Upanishad</i> states that bookish and ritual knowledge is irrelevant, the true pursuit of knowledge is the meaning, the essence and the import of Vedic ideas, one has the right and duty to abandon the worldly life in the singular pursuit of spirituality.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philosophy">Philosophy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udd%C4%81laka_%C4%80ru%E1%B9%87i&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Philosophy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One very important work of <a href="/wiki/Debiprasad_Chattopadhyaya" title="Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya">Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya</a> ‘<i>Science and Society in ancient India</i>’ discusses Aruni. In this book he established Uddalaka Aruni as the first ‘<a href="/wiki/Natural_science" title="Natural science">natural scientist</a>’ in the intellectual history of mankind. He wrote, ‘Uddalaka collected observations as far as his historical conditions permitted him and even went on diligently to make experiments to understand nature and man.’<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theory_of_three_elements">Theory of three elements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udd%C4%81laka_%C4%80ru%E1%B9%87i&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Theory of three elements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to his <a href="/wiki/Theory" title="Theory">theory</a>, there are three elements which make up living things, each of which is a power. The elements are heat, water, and food (meaning plant). He believed the primal creation due to desire emanated heat/light, light having same desire emanated water from itself, then water having the same desire emanated food from itself, which according to him explains why there is plenty of food when it rains. Aruni explained that the existent entered these three elements and when it entered, it caused the elements to contain something of the other two. Fire, for example, not only contains heat but also other two elements.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atman-Brahman_doctrine">Atman-Brahman doctrine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udd%C4%81laka_%C4%80ru%E1%B9%87i&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Atman-Brahman doctrine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> One of the most well-known teachings of Atman appears in <a href="/wiki/Chandogya_Upanishad" title="Chandogya Upanishad">Chandogya Upanishad</a> as the instruction of Uddalaka Aruni to his son <a href="/wiki/Shvetaketu" class="mw-redirect" title="Shvetaketu">Svetaketu</a>. Uddalaka begins his explanation that one can know about the universal of a material substance from a particular object made of that substance. For example, by means of something made of clay, one can know clay; by means of an ornament made of copper, one can know copper.<sup id="cite_ref-unit11_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit11-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He gives an example for <a href="/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)" title="Ātman (Hinduism)">Atman</a>-<a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a> doctrine: Just as bees collect nectar from different sources, but when gathered together they form an undifferentiated mass; just as different rivers after flowing into the ocean become one with the ocean, similarly <a href="/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)" title="Ātman (Hinduism)">Atman</a> resides individually in every being but merges with the <a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a> and becomes one with it. Uddalaka next asks his son to put some salt in a glass of water. Shvetaketu does so. Upon being asked by his father to fetch the salt, Shvetaketu could not find it as it had dissolved in the water. Next, Aruni asks his son to taste the water. Upon being found salty, Aruni preaches <a href="/wiki/Shvetaketu" class="mw-redirect" title="Shvetaketu">Shvetaketu</a> instruction on the Ultimate Reality. </p><blockquote><p>He says, ‘You don’t perceive that one Reality (sat) exists in your body, my son, but it is truly there. Everything which is has its being in that subtle essence. That is Reality! That is the Soul! And you are that, Shvetaketu!"<sup id="cite_ref-unit11_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit11-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence">Influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udd%C4%81laka_%C4%80ru%E1%B9%87i&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Uddalaka Aruni is said to have systematized the Vedic and Upanishadic thoughts. Many <a href="/wiki/Mahavakya" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahavakya">Mahavakyas</a> are ascribed to sage Uddalaka Aruni. Among those, "Tat Tvam Asi" (That thou art) of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chandogya_Upanishad" title="Chandogya Upanishad">Chandogya Upanishad</a></i> is an oft-quoted thought in <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>. Its teacher is Uddalaka Aruni and the student his son Svetaketu.<sup id="cite_ref-lochtefeld717_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lochtefeld717-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His teachings extend beyond metaphysical speculations and philosophy. Parts of his works contain the seeds of <a href="/wiki/Atomism#Indian_atomism" title="Atomism">Indian atomism</a>, because of his belief that "particles too small to be seen mass together into the substances and objects of experience".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some scholars such as <a href="/wiki/Hermann_Jacobi" title="Hermann Jacobi">Hermann Jacobi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randall_Collins" title="Randall Collins">Randall Collins</a> have compared Aruni to <a href="/wiki/Thales_of_Miletus" title="Thales of Miletus">Thales of Miletus</a> in their scientific methodology, calling them both as "primitive physicists" or "proto-materialist thinkers".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_the_Mahabharata">In the Mahabharata</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udd%C4%81laka_%C4%80ru%E1%B9%87i&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In the Mahabharata"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Adi_Parva" title="Adi Parva">Adi Parva</a> describes Aruni as a disciple of <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_Hinduism_terms" title="Glossary of Hinduism terms">Sage Ayoda-Dhaumya</a>. Once a flood took place in the fields of the ashram. A breach was formed in the embankment. Dhaumya sent Aruni to stop the water from entering the embankment. After a long time, Aruni had not returned. So, Dhaumya went out to find Aruni. The latter lying in the breach of the embankment to prevent the water from entering it. Because of his loyalty, Aruni is also known as Uddalaka Aruni as a mark of his preceptor's respect.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udd%C4%81laka_%C4%80ru%E1%B9%87i&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yajnavalkya" title="Yajnavalkya">Yajnavalkya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svetaketu" class="mw-redirect" title="Svetaketu">Svetaketu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka" title="Janaka">Janaka</a> of <a href="/wiki/Videha" title="Videha">Videha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empedocles" title="Empedocles">Empedocles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atomism#Greek_atomism" title="Atomism">Greek atomism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adi_Parva" title="Adi Parva">Adi Parva</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Udd%C4%81laka_%C4%80ru%E1%B9%87i&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-benami9-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-benami9_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-benami9_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-benami9_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ben-Ami Scharfstein (1998), <i>A comparative history of world philosophy: from the Upanishads to Kant</i>, Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 9-11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Hem_Chandra_Raychaudhuri" title="Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri">H. 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