The Katha Upanishad (Sanskrit: कठोपनिषद्, IAST: Kaṭhopaniṣad), is an ancient Hindu text and one of the mukhya (primary) Upanishads, embedded in the last...
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Yajurveda (section Katha Upanishad)
Isha Upanishad, the Taittiriya Upanishad, the Katha Upanishad, the Shvetashvatara Upanishad and the Maitri Upanishad. Two of the oldest surviving manuscript...
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Ātman (Hinduism) (section Katha Upanishad)
according to whatever He enters and is outside all forms. — Katha Upanishad, 2.2.9 Katha Upanishad, in Book 1, hymns 3.3-3.4, describes the widely cited proto-Samkhya...
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Om (section Katha Upanishad)
Sixty Upanishads of the Veda, Volume 1, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120814684, pages 269-273 Max Muller (1962), Katha Upanishad, in The Upanishads – Part...
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spirit." Adi Shankaracharya explains in his commentary on the Kaṭha and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad that the word means Ātmavidyā, that is, "knowledge of the...
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Nachiketa (section Katha Upanishad)
the nature of the atman (soul). His allegorical story is told in the Katha Upanishad, though the name has several earlier references. He was taught self-knowledge...
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(non-dualism) sub-schools of Vedanta. It is classified as a "poetic Upanishad" along with Kena, Katha, Svetasvatara and Mundaka by Paul Deussen (1908). The root...
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Yoga (section Upanishads)
Taittiriya Upanishad defines yoga as the mastery of body and senses. According to Flood, "[T]he actual term yoga first appears in the Katha Upanishad, dated...
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philosopher Swami Vivekananda, who took inspiration in a sloka of Katha Upanishad. It was his message to the world to get out of their hypnotized state...
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Shanti Mantras (section Taittiriya and Katha Upanishad)
Pancha Shanti mantras, are Hindu prayers for peace (shanti) found in the Upanishads. Generally, they are recited at the beginning and end of religious rituals...
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fortune. The novel's title comes from a translation of a verse in the Katha Upanishad, paraphrased in the book's epigraph as: "The sharp edge of a razor...
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Aranyaka (redirect from Katha Aranyaka)
the Taittiriya and Katha Aranyakas it exclusively deals with the Parvargya ritual, and is followed by the Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad (Satapatha Br. 14.4–9)...
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Essence of the Upanishads is a translation and commentary on the Katha Upanishad, an ancient Indian scripture. Written by Eknath Easwaran, the book was...
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and Katha Upanishads. For example, the allegory of "blind leading the blind" in section 1.2 of Mundaka Upanishad is also found in section 1.2 of Katha Upanishad...
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Samkhya (section Early Upanishads)
the Upanishads. Surendranath Dasgupta stated in 1922 that Samkhya can be traced to Upanishads such as Katha Upanishad, Shvetashvatara Upanishad and Maitrayaniya...
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all of the Principal Upanishads around the 1600s. The ten Principal Upanishads are: Īśā (IsUp), Yajurveda Kena (KeUp), Samaveda Kaṭha (KaUp), Yajurveda Praśna...
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Hinduism. It is one of the oldest Upanishads. In the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads, it is listed as the ninth. The Upanishad belongs to the Tandya school...
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Upanishad (Sanskrit: मैत्री उपनिषद्, Maitrī Upaniṣad), and is listed as number 24 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. The Maitrayaniya Upanishad is...
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Prana (section Vedas and Upanishads)
000-year-old Chandogya Upanishad, but many other Upanishads use the concept, including the Katha, Mundaka and Prasna Upanishads. The concept is elaborated...
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Devi translated the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata and Katha Upanishad. The Katha Upanishad is currently kept at the Visva-Bharati University. Besides...
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man who is himself blind. — Katha Upanishad, Verse 2.5 Mundaka Upanishad references avidya similar to the Katha Upanishad verse 2.5: Wallowing in ignorance...
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places Shvetashvatara Upanishad's chronological composition in the fourth group of ancient Upanishads, after Katha and Mundaka Upanishads. Deussen states that...
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millennium BCE Indian texts such as the Katha Upanishad, the Shvetashvatara Upanishad and the Maitri Upanishad. The root of the word "Yoga" is found in...
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of objects and life, appears in verse 1.2.10 of the Katha Upanishad, one of the Principal Upanishads of Hinduism. It asserts that everything in the world...
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Nondualism (section Upanishads)
found in Taittiriya Upanishad, Aitareya Upanishad and Yajnavalkya–Maitri dialogue in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. The Katha Upanishad in verses 3.10–13...
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center of the district Katha (storytelling format), an Indian style of religious storytelling Katha Upanishad, a Hindu sacred text Katha (unit), a unit of...
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Yama (section Upanishads)
Śrauta state that Yama has golden-eyed and iron-hoofed horses. In the Katha Upanishad, Yama is portrayed as a teacher to the Brahmin boy Nachiketa. Having...
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Brahman (section Upanishads)
ever lasting and ancient, It is not killed when body is killed. - Katha Upanishad 1.2.18 Paul Deussen notes that teachings similar to above on Brahman...
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Chandogya Upanishad, the Aitareya Upanishad, the Kena Upanishad, the Isha Upanishad, the Katha Upanishad, and the Prashna Upanishad. The authenticity of the commentary...
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same Aruni, in his commentaries on the Upanishads. The theme discussed in the dialogues of the Katha Upanishad is also Atman and Brahman. Paul Deussen...
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