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    Upanishads (redirect from Upaniṣad)
    of Indic text. The Upanishads (/ʊˈpʌnɪʃədz/; Sanskrit: उपनिषद्, IAST: Upaniṣad, pronounced [ˈʊpɐnɪʂɐd]) are late Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit texts that...
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    (1998), Upaniṣads, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-282292-6, pages 10–17 Fujii, M. 1997, “On the Formation and Transmission of the Jaiminīya-Upaniṣad-Brāhmaṇa”...
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    Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad, is as follows: Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare — Kali-Santarana Upanisad When...
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    Mahanārāyaṇa Upaniṣad 1.50 Praśna Upaniṣad 3 Nirālamba Upaniṣad 2, 17 Paramahaṃsa Upaniṣad 3 asuryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasāvṛtāḥ – Īśa Upaniṣad 3 1.41,...
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  • "prayer") is an ancient Indian mantra introduced in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (1.3.28.) The mantra was originally meant to be recited during the introductory...
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  • Kali-Santarana Upanishad (Sanskrit: कलिसन्तरणोपनिषद्; IAST: Kali-Santaraṇa Upaniṣad), also called Kalisantaraṇopaniṣad, is a Sanskrit text. It is a minor Upanishad...
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  • Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda) Kaṭha Upaniṣad (Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda) Kena Upaniṣad (samaveda) Chāndogya Upaniṣad (samaveda) Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (Atharvaveda)...
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  • Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad) Naiṣkarmya-siddhi (non-commentary) Sambandha-vārttika (commentary on Śankāra's introduction to the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad) Taittirīya-vārttika...
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    across the Punjab into north India. (a) Witzel, Michael (2008). "Vedas and Upanisads". In Gavin Flood (ed.). The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism. John Wiley...
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    Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad, the Kaṭha Upaniṣad, and the Bhagavad Gita mention Bhakti. The last of three epilogue verses of the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad, 6.23, uses...
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  • (soul/self). The verse 4.4.14 of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad states: The verse 7.26.2 of the Chāndogya Upaniṣad states: The concept of sorrow and suffering,...
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  • उपनिषद्-ब्राह्मण, Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaņa) or the Talavakara Upanishad Brahmana (Sanskrit: तलवकार उपनिषद्-ब्राह्मण, Talavakāra Upaniṣad Brāhmaņa) is a Vedic...
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    Shankara's Commentary Translated by S. Sitarama Sastri, online ebook Text Kāṭha-Upaniṣad edited by Marcos Albino, Erlangen 1996; Transliterated TITUS version by...
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    their mudra and the legends associated with the deity. The Vāstusūtra Upaniṣad states that the aim of the murti art is to inspire a devotee towards contemplating...
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    see e.g. Radhakrishnan & Moore 1957, p. 3; Witzel, Michael, "Vedas and Upaniṣads", in: Flood 2003, p. 68; MacDonell 2004, pp. 29–39; Sanskrit literature...
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  • to the ancestors). The later Vedic texts such as the Aranyakas and the Upanisads show a different soteriology based on reincarnation, they show little...
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    to Read a Religious Text: Reflections on Some Passages of the Chāndogya Upaniṣad", History of Religions, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 127-139 Max Muller, "Chandogya...
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    Weber, The History of Indian Literature (1878). N. Srinivasagopalan, Isa Upanisad Revisited, Oupanisada Publications, 16, Vayupuri, Secunderabad 500 094...
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    Pancabrahma Upanishad (Sanskrit: पञ्च ब्रह्म उपनिषत्, IAST: Pañca-brahma Upaniṣad) is a medieval era Sanskrit text and is one of the minor Upanishads of...
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    Sixty Upaniṣads of the Veda. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 19–21, 205, 240, 350, 510, 544. ISBN 978-81-208-1468-4. Paul Deussen (1980). Sixty Upaniṣads of the...
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    additions at the end, circulated more widely as the Nīlarudra (or Nīlarudra Upaniṣad). Lubin suggests that in the Nīlarudra, lightning is envisioned both as...
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    rishis by name, although later Vedic texts such as the Brahmanas and Upanisads do so these constellations are easily recognizable. An early prototype...
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    Upanishads were current,....". Klaus G. Witz (1998). The Supreme Wisdom of the Upaniṣads: An Introduction. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 1–2, 23. ISBN 978-81-208-1573-5...
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  • Aitareya Upaniṣad, Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, Īśa Upaniṣad, Taittirīya Upaniṣad, Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad, Kaṭha Upaniṣad, Kena Upaniṣad, Chāndogya Upaniṣad, Māṇḍūkya...
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    Steven E. (2008). "Gender at Janaka's Court: Women in the Br̥hadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad Reconsidered". Journal of Indian Philosophy. 36 (3): 405–426. ISSN 0022-1791...
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    work. — Pippalada, Vāstusūtra Upaniṣad, Introduction by Alice Boner et al. In the fifth chapter of Vāstusūtra Upaniṣad, Pippalada asserts, "from tattva-rupa...
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    Penguin. pp. xiv–xviii. ISBN 978-0-14-044121-5. Paul Deussen (1980). Sixty Upaniṣads of the Veda. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 409–410. ISBN 978-81-208-1468-4...
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    (Translator), Sixty Upanisads of the Veda, Vol 1, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120814684, pages 327-386 Paul Deussen (Translator), Sixty Upanisads of the Veda...
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  • mentions of eclipse-causing "demons" in the Atharvaveda and Chāndogya Upaniṣad, the latter mentioning Rāhu (a shadow entity believed responsible for eclipses...
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  • Chicago Press. p. 372. ISBN 0-226-14465-8. Olivelle, Patrick (1998). Upaniṣads. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, USA. p. xxix. ISBN 0-19-283576-9...
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