Brahmayu Explained

Brahmayu
Resting Place:	Mithila region
Education:	Vedas Cosmology
Alma Mater:	Ancient Mithila University
Region:	Mithila
Main Interests:	Vedas, Cosmology, Philology, etymology, phonology, Grammar, 32 marks of a great man
Era:	5th - 6th Century BCE (During Gautam Buddha period)

Brahmayu was a scholar and a natural philosopher in the ancient Mithila during the period of Gautam Buddha.^[1] According to Buddhism Scripture "Brahmayu Sutta", he was able to understand 32 marks of a great man. But unfortunately, there does not appear to be any clear connection to Vedic or Vedanta texts that would show this to be the case. More investigation is required to give evidence of the 32 marks as recorded as being sourced from Brahmanical or Vedic tradition. He was an eminent teacher of the Ancient Mithila University.^[2] He was master in three branches of the Vedas. He was well versed in cosmology. He also knew philology and grammar.^[3]

He is also known as Brahmin Buddhist.

Dialogues between Brahmayu and Gautam Buddha

There is a conversation between the Brahmin scholar Brahmayu and Gautam Buddha in the Buddhism text "Brahmayu Sutta".

Notes and References

1. Book: Holt . John Clifford . Constituting Communities: Theravāda Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia . Kinnard . Jacob N. . Walters . Jonathan S. . 2012-02-01 . State University of New York Press . 978-0-7914-8705-1 . en.
2. Book: Powers, John . A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism . 2009-10-19 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-05443-1 . en.
3. Book: Malalasekera, George Peiris . Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names . 2007 . Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House . 978-81-208-3020-2 . en.