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Ashtavakra

Aṣṭāvakra was born with physical handicap and grew up into a celebrated sage in Hinduism, 19th-century painting. Ashtavakra (, ) is a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism. His name literally means "eight deformities", reflecting the eight physical deformities he was born with. His maternal grandfather was the Vedic sage Aruni, his parents were both Vedic students at Aruni's school. Ashtavakra studied, became a sage and a celebrated character of the Hindu Itihasa epics and Puranas.

Ashtavakra is the author of the text ''Ashtavakra Gītā'', also known as ''Ashtavakra Saṃhitā'', in Hindu traditions. The text is a treatise on Brahman and Atman. Provided by Wikipedia