Vedic sage and father of Shvetaketu, famous for the series of meditations in the Chandogya Upanishad culminating in 'tat tvam asi' (that thou art) — one of the four mahavakyas (great sayings) of Vedanta.
The tat tvam asi teaching: Shvetaketu undergoes a series of philosophical experiments and meditations by which Uddalaka (Aruṇi) demonstrates that the essence of all things (sat) is identical to the inner self (atman) of Shvetaketu — a proto-Vedantic insight that became the foundation of Advaita.
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