Question

Name any two women Scholars of Vedic period

Answer 1

Gargi and Maitreyi were the two women scholars of Vedic period.

Answer 2

GARGI AND MAITREYI ARE THE WOMEN SCHOLARS OF VEDIC PERIOD.

Explanation:Gargi Vachaknavi was an ancient Indian philosopher who lived about the 7th century BCE. She is regarded as a brilliant natural philosopher, a renowned expounder of the Vedas, and as Brahmavadini, a person knowledgeable in Brahma Vidya, in Vedic literature. Her name appears prominently in the sixth and eighth Brahmanas of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, as she takes part in the brahmayajna, a philosophic debate held by King Janaka of Videha, and challenges the philosopher Yajnavalkya with complex questions on the topic of atman (soul). She is also credited with writing numerous hymns in the Rigveda. She lived a celibate life for the rest of her life and was revered by traditional Hindus.

Maitreyi was an Indian philosopher who lived in ancient India during the later Vedic period. In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, she is named as one of two wives of the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya, who lived about the 8th century BCE. Maitreyi is depicted as an Advaita philosopher who never married in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Brahmavadini is another name for her (an expounder of the Veda).

In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the Maitreyi-Yajnavalkya discussion delves into the Hindu notion of Atman (soul or self). Her father was a minister in King Janaka's court, according to legend. He lived in the Kingdom of the Videha's, Mithila.