Sage Yajnavalkya

Sage Yajnavalkya was son of Devarta. Mahamuni Vaishampayana was his guru.  Maitreyi and Katyayani were his wives. Chandrakanta, Mahamegha and Vijaya were his sons.

 He learnt Taittiriya Smahita from his guru Vaishampayana. However, once his guru was angry on him and  asked him to omit the entire knowledge he learnt from him. Then Sage Yajnavalkya decided to worship Sun god and acquired fresh Vedic knowledge from him directly.  His discourses with his wife Maitreyi about absolute Self was called Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Sage Yajnavalkya was also the author of Yajnavalkya Smriti,  Yajnavalkya Shakha, Pratijna Sutra, Satapatha Brahmana, and Yoga-Yajnavalkya.