Gargi (गार्गी) is from the Sanskrit gotra-name Garga. **Gargi Vachaknavi (c. 7th c. BCE)** was the Vedic philosopher — **one of the few women to debate at King Janaka's philosophical assembly**. In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, **she questioned the sage Yajnavalkya so deeply about the nature of the universe that he warned her not to ask further lest her head shatter**. **One of the most celebrated brahmavadinis (women who debated philosophy) of Vedic India.**
Featured in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.
Gargi reduces to nine — the number of Vedic brahmavadini.