Sanatsujata

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Sanatsujata is a sage in the Indian epic Mahabharata known for delivering a profound philosophical discourse on the nature of the Self and immortality.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sanatsujatiya 2
Sanatsujata canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu religious figure ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
rishi ⓘ
sage ⓘ
appearsIn Mahabharata ⓘ
associatedWith Kuru dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Vidura ⓘ
associatedWithConcept non-duality ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
associatedWithSchool Upanishadic thought ⓘ
associatedWithText Sanatsujatiya ⓘ
linked to: Sanatsujata
associatedWithVirtue dispassion (vairagya) ⓘ
steadfastness in wisdom ⓘ
cosmicStatus immortal sage ⓘ
cosmologicalView Brahman as highest reality ⓘ
culturalContext ancient India ⓘ
denies ultimate reality of death ⓘ
dialogueWith Dhritarashtra ⓘ
emphasizes supremacy of knowledge over ritual ⓘ
genre philosophical discourse ⓘ
influenced later Vedantic commentators ⓘ
knownFor Sanatsujatiya ⓘ
linked to: Sanatsujata

philosophical discourse on the Self ⓘ
teaching on immortality ⓘ
languageOfText Sanskrit ⓘ
ontology eternal Self distinct from body ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Vedanta ⓘ
relatedWork Bhagavad Gita (thematically) ⓘ
linked to: Bhagavad Gita
religion Hinduism ⓘ
roleInMahabharata teacher of Dhritarashtra ⓘ
scripturalCategory smriti ⓘ
scripturalInfluence commentarial literature on Mahabharata ⓘ
sourceTextType Itihasa ⓘ
statusInTradition revered teacher of kings ⓘ
teachesConcept Atman ⓘ
linked to: Ātman

Brahman ⓘ
immortality of the Self ⓘ
knowledge (jnana) ⓘ
nature of death ⓘ
renunciation ⓘ
teachesEthic control of senses ⓘ
inner purity ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ
teachesGoalOfLife liberation (moksha) ⓘ
teachesMethod detachment ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
teachesPath path of knowledge (jnana marga) ⓘ
textualSection Udyoga Parva ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Udyoga Parva → hasSubject → Sanatsujata ⓘ
Sanatsujata → knownFor → Sanatsujatiya ⓘ
linked to: Sanatsujata
Sanatsujata → associatedWithText → Sanatsujatiya ⓘ
linked to: Sanatsujata