Ashvala

Acharya
Ashvala
Personal life
ChildrenKausalya
RegionMithila region
Main interest(s)Vedas
Alma materAncient Mithila University
Known forDebate with the sage Yajnavalkya
OccupationChief Priest
Religious life
ReligionSanatana Hinduism
Chief Hotra Brahmin priest at the Court of King Janaka in Mithila

Ashvala (Sanskrit: अश्वल) was the chief Hotra Brahmin priest at the court of the King Janaka in Mithila. He was the authority at the Asvamedha Yajna organised by the king Janaka in which the Brahmins of the Kurus and Panchalas were invited. He is mentioned in the texts Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and Satapatha Brahmana.

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