Ancient Mithila University

By Santosh Chaudhary , M.Sc ( Physics ) Nalanda Open University  Sage Kapila "The founder of Shamkhya Shastra" According to Vedic literature sources, Vedic sage Kapila was the founder of the Samkhya school of Sanatana  philosophy . He is also considered as an incarnation of Lord   Vishnu , the preserver god in Hinduism. He is credited with authoring the influential Samkhya-sutra, which contains aphorisms on the dualistic philosophy of Samkhya. His academy was known as Kapil Ashram , which is presently located in Rahika block of Madhubani district in Mithila region of Bihar. It was an important part of the Ancient Mithila University . This place is called as Kapileshwar Sthan . He established a Shivling  at his Ashram in the devotion of Lord Shiva . This Shivling is known as Kapileshwar Mahadeva . The Ancient Mithila University was a center of learning and culture in the ancient kingdom of Mithila, which is now part of Bihar and Nepal . It was one of the oldest...

By Santosh Chaudhary , M.Sc ( Physics ) Nalanda Open University   Symbolic image of the city of Ancient Mithila  In the Treta Yuga, once upon a time, in the ancient kingdom of Mithila , there was a wise and just king named Janaka . He was a patron of learning and philosophy and had a council of learned Brahmins known as Parishad at his court. The council was responsible for debating and discussing various philosophical topics, and it was from these discussions that the Ancient Mithila University was born. Akshapada Gautama "The founder of Nyaya Shastra" The university became an important center of Nyaya Shastra and logical sciences founded by the great Saptarshi sage Akshapada Gautama. It was also very famous for the Nyaya Shastra and Logic from the 12th/13th to 15th century CE in the mediaeval period. It was located in the Mithila region, and the headquarter of the university was at the court of King Janaka. The Mithila school of Nyaya was an Indian school of Nyaya philos...

By Santosh Chaudhary , M.Sc (Physics) Nalanda Open University   Bing AI generated Symbolic image of Gargi Vachaknavi Gargi Vachaknavi , also known as Gārgī Vāchaknavī , was an ancient Indian sage and philosopher at the Ancient Mithila University . She is honored as a great natural philosopher and renowned expounder of the Vedas. In the Vedic literature, she is referred to as Brahmavadini , a person with knowledge of Brahma Vidya . Gargi Vachaknavi was the daughter of sage Vachaknu in the lineage of sage Garga . She was named after her father as Gargi Vachaknavi. From a young age, she displayed a keen interest in Vedic scriptures and became proficient in fields of philosophy. She was highly knowledgeable in the Vedas and Upanishads and held intellectual debates with other philosophers. The symbol of the earliest scholar feminism  Gargi Vachaknavi participated in the Brahmayajna , a philosophic debate organized by King Janaka of Videha. In this debate, she challenged the sage ...

By Santosh Chaudhary , M.Sc (Physics) Nalanda Open University There are some literary evidences of the University of the Ancient Mithila Kingdom, which was a prominent center of learning and philosophy in ancient India. Some of these evidences are: Bing AI generated Symbolic picture of the Headquarter of the Ancient Mithila University - By Santosh Chaudhary of Nalanda Open University  - The Ashtavakra Gita or Ashtavakra Samhita , a Sanskrit text that records the dialogue between the sage Ashtavakra and King Janaka of Mithila on the nature of self and reality. - The Shatapath Brahmana ,  a Brahman text of the Shukla Yajurveda written by the great Vedic sage Yajnavalkya at Jagban village of Mithila region. Yajnavalkya is considered as the father of the Ancient Indian Philosophy. Bing AI generated Symbolic picture of the Yajnavalkya Ashram at Jagban village  - The Shashti Tantra , a Sanskrit text composed by Maharishi Panchshikha, a scholar of Mithila University, who taught...

By Santosh Chaudhary M.Sc (Physics) Nalanda Open University, Yajnavalkya was a Vedic sage who lived around the 8th century BCE. He is considered one of the most important figures in the development of Indian philosophy, and is credited with coining the term Advaita (non-duality of Atman and Brahman ). He also developed the theory of neti neti ("not this, not this"), which is a method of negating all false notions of the Atman in order to realize its true nature. Yajnavalkya was associated with the Ancient Mithila University , a renowned center of learning in the Mithila region of India.  He is said to have been the head of the philosophical Vidya Parishad (council of scholars) at the university. Yajnavalkya is best known for his teachings on the nature of reality, consciousness, and the Self. His ideas are recorded in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad , one of the most important Upanishads in Hinduism. In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Yajnavalkya engages in a series of philos...

Book Written by Santosh Chaudhary  Take a look at this Ancient Mithila University on Flipkart https://dl.flipkart.com/s/1EivpiNNNN The concept of writing the topic " Ancient Mithila University " was developed by Santosh Chaudhary , a Post Graduate in Physics from Nalanda Open University , Patna, India. Chaudhary was inspired to write about the Ancient Mithila University after finding a question about it on the UPSC's Civil Services Examination question paper. He realized that there was a lack of awareness about this important ancient Indian university, and he wanted to write a book to share its history and stories. Initially he created an article "Ancient Mithila University" at Wikipedia after that he wrote his own first book "Ancient Mithila University". Chaudhary's book, " Ancient Mithila University ", was published in 2023. It is a comprehensive and informative account of the university, covering its history, academics, culture, and ...