Svetaketu
Sign in to saveSvetaketu (), also spelt Shvetaketu, was a sage mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad. He was the son of the sage Uddalaka, and represents the pursuit of knowledge.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Chāndogya Upaniṣad
- Gender
- male
Show 1 more fact
- present in work
- Upanishads
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- First Reincarnation Story
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
Svetaketu (), also spelt Shvetaketu, was a sage mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad. He was the son of the sage Uddalaka, and represents the pursuit of knowledge.
In the Mahabharata, Svetaketu is credited for creating the practice of the "wife being loyal to one husband for life" after observing a brahmana catching his mother's hand in front of his father.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Svetaketu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.