Gārgī Vācaknavī, the Eloquent Philosopher
A woman philosopher in Ancient India, and the art of debate
5 min readJul 25, 2023
Philosophical Swagger, and the Nature of Reality
The philosopher Gārgī Vācaknavī appears in the Bṛhadāraṅyaka Upaniṣad, a philosophical compilation that dates to around the seventh or the sixth century BCE, although it contains strains of…