Archibald Edward Gough (2001), The Philosophy of the Upanishads and Ancient Indian Metaphysics, Routledge. [74], Ancient Upanishads have long enjoyed a revered position in Hindu traditions, and authors of numerous sectarian texts have tried to benefit from this reputation by naming their texts as Upanishads. [18], The later Upanishads, numbering about 95, also called minor Upanishads, are dated from the late 1st-millennium BCE to mid 2nd-millennium CE. [167], According to the Dvaita school, states Fowler, the "Upanishads that speak of the soul as Brahman, speak of resemblance and not identity". उपनिषद् अंक: Upanishad Anka (A Translation of 108 Upanishads) This is compilation in many parts so check different TOCs within and browse. [137], Hendrick Vroom explains, "the term Maya [in the Upanishads] has been translated as 'illusion,' but then it does not concern normal illusion. The schools of Vedānta seek to answer questions about the relation between atman and Brahman, and the relation between Brahman and the world. The Muktika manuscript found in colonial era Calcutta is the usual default, but other recensions exist. There is not what could be called a philosophical system in these Upanishads. Disclaimer: He is my father-in-law, but even if he weren’t, I’d still recommend this book. P. 28, Max Müller (1962), Manduka Upanishad, in The Upanishads - Part II, Oxford University Press, Reprinted as, "laid those fires" is a phrase in Vedic literature that implies, RC Mishra (2013), Moksha and the Hindu Worldview, Psychology & Developing Societies, Vol. Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (1986), Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities, University of Chicago Press. [147] The philosopher Adi Sankara has provided commentaries on 11 mukhya Upanishads. [165] Visistadvaita is a synthetic philosophy bridging the monistic Advaita and theistic Dvaita systems of Vedanta. John Koller (2012), Shankara, in Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, (Editors: Chad Meister, Paul Copan), Routledge. [167][168], Sri Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita interpretation of the Upanishad is a qualified monism. As a result of the influence of these writers, the Upanishads gained renown in Western countries. John Koller (2012), Shankara in Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion (Editors: Chad Meister, Paul Copan), Routledge. Two different types of the non-dual Brahman-Atman are presented in the Upanishads, according to Mahadevan. The many extant lists of authentic Shakta Upaniṣads vary, reflecting the sect of their compilers, so that they yield no evidence of their "location" in Tantric tradition, impeding correct interpretation. [23] Gavin Flood dates many of the twenty Yoga Upanishads to be probably from the 100 BCE to 300 CE period. On occasions, the Upanishads extend the task of the Aranyakas by making the ritual allegorical and giving it a philosophical meaning. The new Upanishads often have little relation to the Vedic corpus and have not been cited or commented upon by any great Vedanta philosopher: their language differs from that of the classic Upanishads, being less subtle and more formalized. [21], There are more than 200 known Upanishads, one of which, the Muktikā Upanishad, predates 1656 CE[60] and contains a list of 108 canonical Upanishads,[61] including itself as the last. Radhakrishnan states, "almost all the early literature of India was anonymous, we do not know the names of the authors of the Upanishads". A key scripture to various schools of Hinduism, the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad is tenth in the Muktikā or "canon of 108 Upanishads". Mariasusai Dhavamony (2002), Hindu-Christian Dialogue: Theological Soundings and Perspectives, Rodopi Press. Atharvasiras is missing in some anthologies, included by Paul Deussen (2010 Reprint), Sixty Upanishads of the Veda, Volume 2, Motilal Banarsidass, Tull, Herman W. The Vedic Origins of Karma: Cosmos as Man in Ancient Indian Myth and Ritual. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article. upon a very different situation 1,000 to 1,500 years earlier. [105], The Kaushitaki Upanishad asserts that "external rituals such as Agnihotram offered in the morning and in the evening, must be replaced with inner Agnihotram, the ritual of introspection", and that "not rituals, but knowledge should be one's pursuit". Upanishad means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. The Upanishads in Sanskrit (Devanagiri) 1.Isha 2. [119], Two concepts that are of paramount importance in the Upanishads are Brahman and Atman. PT Raju (1985), Structural Depths of Indian Thought, State University of New York Press. An Initiative by Vande Mataram Library Trust (VMLT), Gurugram & Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture (SAFIC), Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry While. [94] They contain a plurality of ideas. Presented here are translations of both the major and minor Upanishads. [22] Not much is known about the authors except for those, like Yajnavalkayva and Uddalaka, mentioned in the texts. The region is bounded on the west by the upper Indus valley, on the east by lower Ganges region, on the north by the Himalayan foothills, and on the south by the Vindhya mountain range. [178][179][180], Sri Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita school and Shankara's Advaita school are both nondualism Vedanta schools,[174] both are premised on the assumption that all souls can hope for and achieve the state of blissful liberation; in contrast, Madhvacharya believed that some souls are eternally doomed and damned. A Statue was ordered on Dec 22nd and Paid 194.25 including FREE DELIVERY for me as a GIFT for Christmas and they Confirmed that it will be there in 4-5 days but it NEVER arrived till 30th of December and inspite of my various emails they only replied that it is being finished and will be shipped in 24hrs but that was a LIE and no further delivery information was every sent to me. [197][198], The first German translation appeared in 1832 and Roer's English version appeared in 1853. SanskritStudies.net is dedicated to Studies of Ancient Sanskrit Yoga Texts - Veda, Upanishad, Gita. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. [18][19] The mukhya Upanishads are found mostly in the concluding part of the Brahmanas and Aranyakas[20] and were, for centuries, memorized by each generation and passed down orally. Altogether, 112 Upanishads are described. [65][66], The Mukhya Upanishads can be grouped into periods. They note that there is no historical evidence of the philosophers of the two schools meeting, and point out significant differences in the stage of development, orientation and goals of the two philosophical systems. The Kenopanishad derives its name from the first word Kena, meaning ‘by whom’. [209], The poet T. S. Eliot, inspired by his reading of the Upanishads, based the final portion of his famous poem The Waste Land (1922) upon one of its verses. The Upanishads contain four sentences, the Mahāvākyas (Great Sayings), which were used by Shankara to establish the identity of Atman and Brahman as scriptural truth: Although there are a wide variety of philosophical positions propounded in the Upanishads, commentators since Adi Shankara have usually followed him in seeing idealist monism as the dominant force. Upanishad is a Sanskrit word that translates in English to mean “sitting at the feet of” or “sitting down near." In south India, the collected list based on Muktika Upanishad,[note 8] and published in Telugu language, became the most common by the 19th-century and this is a list of 108 Upanishads. Brahman in Hinduism, states Paul Deussen, as the "creative principle which lies realized in the whole world".[127]. Sri Ramanuja disagreed with Adi Shankara and the Advaita school. Kaivalya Upanishad. The "know thyself" of the Upanishads means, know thy true self, that which underlines thine Ego, and find it and know it in the highest, the eternal Self, the One without a second, which underlies the whole world. 108 Upanishads Upanishad Brahma Yogin's Commentary in Sanskrit (3580 pages). 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[64] Most of these sectarian Upanishads, for example the Rudrahridaya Upanishad and the Mahanarayana Upanishad, assert that all the Hindu gods and goddesses are the same, all an aspect and manifestation of Brahman, the Vedic concept for metaphysical ultimate reality before and after the creation of the Universe. [23] About half of the Sannyasa Upanishads were likely composed in 14th- to 15th-century CE. [11] The concepts of Brahman (ultimate reality) and Ātman (soul, self) are central ideas in all of the Upanishads,[12][13] and "know that you are the Ātman" is their thematic focus. [79] The mukhya Upanishads are the most important and highlighted. Patrick Olivelle (1992), The Samnyasa Upanisads, Oxford University Press. The early Upanishads all predate the Common Era, five[note 6] of them are in all likelihood pre-Buddhist (6th century BCE),[21] stretching down to the Maurya period, which lasted from 322 to 185 BCE. [39][45] Women, such as Maitreyi and Gargi participate in the dialogues and are also credited in the early Upanishads. [26], With the translation of the Upanishads in the early 19th century they also started to attract attention from a Western audience. Apr 19, Kaivalya Upanishad Text. The Kena is the oldest of the verse Upanisads followed by probably the Katha, Isa, Svetasvatara, and Mundaka. [70] Many Shakhas are said to have existed, of which only a few remain. "[33], Adi Shankaracharya explains in his commentary on the Kaṭha and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad that the word means Ātmavidyā, that is, "knowledge of the self", or Brahmavidyā "knowledge of Brahma". Refer to following links. [2][10], The Upanishads are commonly referred to as Vedānta. SUNY Series in Hindu Studies. It has four khaṇḍas (sections), the first two in verse and the other two in prose. [20] A few women discussants, such as Gargi and Maitreyi, the wife of Yajnavalkayva,[69] also feature occasionally. [148], Advaita literally means non-duality, and it is a monistic system of thought. 7, No. Let's eat. The word appears in the verses of many Upanishads, such as the fourth verse of the 13th volume in first chapter of the Chandogya Upanishad. Upanishad definition, any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. [78], All Upanishads are associated with one of the four Vedas—Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda (there are two primary versions or Samhitas of the Yajurveda: Shukla Yajurveda, Krishna Yajurveda), and Atharvaveda. [183][186], However, other scholars, such as Arthur Berriedale Keith, J. Burnet and A. R. Wadia, believe that the two systems developed independently. [26], The main Shakta Upanishads, for example, mostly discuss doctrinal and interpretative differences between the two principal sects of a major Tantric form of Shaktism called Shri Vidya upasana. The main Upanishads are: (1) Brihadaranyaka (2) Chandogya (3) Kena (4) Katha (5) Isha (6) Mandukya (7) Svetasvatara (8) Maitrayaniya (9) Prashna (10) Aitreya (11) Taittiriya (12) Kaivalya Of these, the oldest of the Vedas, the Rig Veda contains the Aitreya Upanishad. [12] The Brahman is the ultimate reality and the Atman is individual self (soul). "[138] According to Wendy Doniger, "to say that the universe is an illusion (māyā) is not to say that it is unreal; it is to say, instead, that it is not what it seems to be, that it is something constantly being made. These texts are prepared by volunteers and are to be used for personal study B. Eerdmans Publishing. [142][143], The Upanishads form one of the three main sources for all schools of Vedanta, together with the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahmasutras. This is a small Upanishad in Sama … Each of the principal Upanishads can be associated with one of the schools of exegesis of the four Vedas (shakhas). [9] Of all Vedic literature, the Upanishads alone are widely known, and their central ideas are at the spiritual core of Hinduism. [57] The Chandogya Upanishad was probably composed in a more western than eastern location in the Indian subcontinent, possibly somewhere in the western region of the Kuru-Panchala country. [135], The Upanishads describe the universe, and the human experience, as an interplay of Purusha (the eternal, unchanging principles, consciousness) and Prakṛti (the temporary, changing material world, nature). [74] The text of three of them, namely the Chhagaleya, Arsheya, and Saunaka, were incomplete and inconsistent, likely poorly maintained or corrupted. [93] The Maitri is one of the Upanishads that inclines more toward dualism, thus grounding classical Samkhya and Yoga schools of Hinduism, in contrast to the non-dualistic Upanishads at the foundation of its Vedanta school. [75] These "new Upanishads" number in the hundreds, cover diverse range of topics from physiology[76] to renunciation[77] to sectarian theories. Of the early periods are the Brihadaranyaka and the Chandogya, the oldest. Teun Goudriaan (2008), Maya: Divine And Human, Motilal Banarsidass. [205] He found his own philosophy was in accord with the Upanishads, which taught that the individual is a manifestation of the one basis of reality. [145] The schools of Vedanta are named after the relation they see between atman and Brahman:[146], Other schools of Vedanta include Nimbarka's Dvaitadvaita, Vallabha's Suddhadvaita and Chaitanya's Acintya Bhedabheda. Upanishad, also spelled Upanisad, Sanskrit Upaniṣad (“Connection”), one of four genres of texts that together constitute each of the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of most Hindu traditions. Ben-Ami Scharfstein (1998), A Comparative History of World Philosophy: From the Upanishads to Kant, State University of New York Press. Title: Kena Upanishad [Sanskrit-English] Author: Swami Sarvanand Created Date: 4/1/2011 10:32:37 AM AM Sastri, The Śaiva-Upanishads with the commentary of Sri Upanishad-Brahma-Yogin, Adyar Library. [129] Atman is the spiritual essence in all creatures, their real innermost essential being. [118] One group, which includes early Upanishads along with some middle and late Upanishads, were composed by metaphysicians who used rational arguments and empirical experience to formulate their speculations and philosophical premises. Some scholars list ten as principal, while most consider twelve or thirteen as principal, Parmeshwaranand classifies Maitrayani with Samaveda, most scholars with Krishna Yajurveda, Oliville: "In this Introduction I have avoided speaking of 'the philosophy of the upanishads', a common feature of most introductions to their translations. See more ideas about upanishads, quotes, vedas. [140][141] Maya, or "illusion", is an important idea in the Upanishads, because the texts assert that in the human pursuit of blissful and liberating self-knowledge, it is Maya which obscures, confuses and distracts an individual. [156], Shankara in his discussions of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy referred to the early Upanishads to explain the key difference between Hinduism and Buddhism, stating that Hinduism asserts that Atman (soul, self) exists, whereas Buddhism asserts that there is no soul, no self.[157][158][159]. [100][101] Discussion of other ethical premises such as Damah (temperance, self-restraint), Satya (truthfulness), Dāna (charity), Ārjava (non-hypocrisy), Daya (compassion) and others are found in the oldest Upanishads and many later Upanishads. 1, pages 21-42. [189] Other major translations of the Upanishads have been by Robert Ernest Hume (13 Principal Upanishads),[199] Paul Deussen (60 Upanishads),[200] Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (18 Upanishads),[201] Patrick Olivelle (32 Upanishads in two books)[202][164] and Bhānu Swami (13 Upanishads with commentaries of Vaiṣṇava ācāryas). The Aitareya Upanishad (Sanskrit: ऐतरेय उपनिषद्) is a Mukhya Upanishad, associated with the Rigveda. [210] According to Eknath Easwaran, the Upanishads are snapshots of towering peaks of consciousness. Paul Deussen, Sixty Upanishads of the Veda, Volume 1, Motilal Banarsidass. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation. Atman is the predominantly discussed topic in the Upanishads, but they express two distinct, somewhat divergent themes. The three other early prose Upanisads—Taittiriya, Aitareya, and Kausitaki come next; all are probably pre-Buddhist and can be assigned to the 6th to 5th centuries BCE. Younger Upanishads state that Brahman (Highest Reality, Universal Principle, Being-Consciousness-Bliss) is identical with Atman, while older upanishads state Atman is part of Brahman but not identical. Therefore, let such man, after he has laid those fires,[110] meditate on the Self, to become complete and perfect. [59] In the fourth chapter of the Kaushitaki Upanishad, a location named Kashi (modern Varanasi) is mentioned. [150] Gaudapada's Advaita ideas were further developed by Shankara (8th century CE). The second group includes many middle and later Upanishads, where their authors professed theories based on yoga and personal experiences. [47], Many scholars believe that early Upanishads were interpolated[48] and expanded over time. [6][7][8] Among the most important literature in the history of Indian religions and culture, the Upanishads played an important role in the development of spiritual ideas in ancient India, marking a transition from Vedic ritualism to new ideas and institutions. कॆवल्य Sanskrit and English words, … The following PDF document gives the text of Kaivalya Upanishads in Sanskrit with English. 1, pages 1-26; Mark Juergensmeyer et al. [52], Scholars are uncertain about when the Upanishads were composed. Kena 3. [178] Madhvacharya interprets the Upanishadic teachings of the self becoming one with Brahman, as "entering into Brahman", just like a drop enters an ocean. According to Nakamura, the Brahman sutras see Atman and Brahman as both different and not-different, a point of view which came to be called bhedabheda in later times. 25, No. 120 upanishads; Isha Etc 108 Upanishads edited by Vasudev Lakshman Pansikar. There are differences within manuscripts of the same Upanishad discovered in different parts of South Asia, differences in non-Sanskrit version of the texts that have survived, and differences within each text in terms of meter,[49] style, grammar and structure. [113][114][115] The one reality or ekam sat of the Vedas becomes the ekam eva advitiyam or "the one and only and sans a second" in the Upanishads. Atman is that which one is at the deepest level of one's existence. It has become traditional to view the Upanishads through the lens of Shankara's Advaita interpretation. "Ayamātmā brahma" - "This Atman is Brahman" (, This page was last edited on 25 January 2021, at 21:14. [177] It is regarded as a strongly theistic philosophic exposition of the Upanishads. It is commonly assumed that the dominant philosophy now became an idealist monism, the identification of atman (self) and Brahman (Spirit), and that this mysticism was believed to provide a way to transcend rebirths on the wheel of karma. [184] In contrast, Upanishadic focus was the individual, the self (atman, soul), self-knowledge, and the means of an individual's moksha (freedom, liberation in this life or after-life). AM Sastri, The Śākta Upaniṣads, with the commentary of Śrī Upaniṣad-Brahma-Yogin, Adyar Library. Jeffrey Brodd (2009), World Religions: A Voyage of Discovery, Saint Mary's Press, Soul is synonymous with self in translations of ancient texts of Hindu philosophy. [104], While the hymns of the Vedas emphasize rituals and the Brahmanas serve as a liturgical manual for those Vedic rituals, the spirit of the Upanishads is inherently opposed to ritual. Stafford Betty (2010), Dvaita, Advaita, and Viśiṣṭādvaita: Contrasting Views of Mokṣa, Asian Philosophy, Vol. [105] The older Upanishads launch attacks of increasing intensity on the ritual. and research. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (Sanskrit: बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्, Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣat) is one of the Principal Upanishads and one of the oldest Upanishadic scriptures. Brahman's unity comes to be taken to mean that appearances of individualities. [206], Another German philosopher, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, praised the ideas in the Upanishads,[207] as did others. This translation of the Isha Upanishad allows readers with little knowledge of Sanskrit to explore the different possible meanings of the text. Advaita is considered the most influential sub-school of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer read the Latin translation and praised the Upanishads in his main work, The World as Will and Representation (1819), as well as in his Parerga and Paralipomena (1851). [154] Radhakrishnan, on the other hand, suggests that Shankara's views of Advaita were straightforward developments of the Upanishads and the Brahmasutra,[155] and many ideas of Shankara derive from the Upanishads. One chronology assumes that the Aitareya, Taittiriya, Kausitaki, Mundaka, Prasna, and Katha Upanishads has Buddha's influence, and is consequently placed after the 5th century BCE, while another proposal questions this assumption and dates it independent of Buddha's date of birth. As a result, they are not difficult to comprehend for the modern reader. The Chāndogya Upanishad parodies those who indulge in the acts of sacrifice by comparing them with a procession of dogs chanting Om! [note 3][note 4][note 5], Around 108 Upanishads are known, of which the first dozen or so are the oldest and most important and are referred to as the principal or main (mukhya) Upanishads. It comprises the fourth, fifth and sixth chapters of the second book of Aitareya Aranyaka, which is one of the four layers of Rig vedic text. [193] The Latin version was the initial introduction of the Upanishadic thought to Western scholars. This Upanishad is also called Kenopanishad. This ultimately leads one to the oneness with abstract Brahman. [181][182], Several scholars have recognised parallels between the philosophy of Pythagoras and Plato and that of the Upanishads, including their ideas on sources of knowledge, concept of justice and path to salvation, and Plato's allegory of the cave. [107] Mundaka thereafter asserts this is foolish and frail, by those who encourage it and those who follow it, because it makes no difference to man's current life and after-life, it is like blind men leading the blind, it is a mark of conceit and vain knowledge, ignorant inertia like that of children, a futile useless practice. Eknath Easwaran (2007), The Upanishads, Nilgiri Press. Each of the four Vedas—the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda —consists of a Samhita (a “collection” of hymns or sacred formulas); a liturgical prose exposition called a Brahmana; and two appendices to the … [27] Modern era Indologists have discussed the similarities between the fundamental concepts in the Upanishads and major Western philosophers. Paul Deussen (2010 Reprint), Sixty Upanishads of the Veda, Volume 2, Motilal Banarsidass. Adi Shankara, who has written commentaries on 12 Upanishads, is believed to have written two commentaries on Kenopanishad. It states that the over-lordship of the earth may be acquired by sacrificing a horse. Brahman is a separate, independent and supreme reality in the Upanishads, Atman only resembles the Brahman in limited, inferior, dependent manner according to Madhvacharya. [75] They were composed between the last centuries of the 1st millennium BCE through the early modern era (~1600 CE). The one in which the non-dual Brahman-Atman is the all-inclusive ground of the universe and another in which empirical, changing reality is an appearance (Maya). "[139], In the Upanishads, Māyā is the perceived changing reality and it co-exists with Brahman which is the hidden true reality. May Indra, the powerful, the ancient of fame, vouchsafe us prosperity. AM Sastri, The Vaishnava-upanishads: with the commentary of Sri Upanishad-brahma-yogin, Adyar Library. It belongs to the Talavakara Brahmana of Sama Veda and is therefore also referred to as Talavakara Upanishad. May we enjoy the life allotted to us by the gods, offering our praise with our bodies strong of limb. We provide online courses in Sanskrit Language and Literature, Vedic and Upanishadic studies, Gita, Indian Philosophy, Integral Yoga Psychology etc. M. Fujii, On the formation and transmission of the JUB. The Kena Upanishad was probably composed sometime around the middle of the 1st millennium BCE. Is The Buddhist 'No-Self' Doctrine Compatible With Pursuing Nirvana? Om. [171][172][173], In the Vishishtadvaita school, the Upanishads are interpreted to be teaching an Ishwar (Vishnu), which is the seat of all auspicious qualities, with all of the empirically perceived world as the body of God who dwells in everything. After these Principal Upanishads are typically placed the Kena, Mandukya and Isa Upanishads, but other scholars date these differently. [13] These texts state that the inmost core of every person is not the body, nor the mind, nor the ego, but Atman – "soul" or "self". Hartmut Scharfe (2002), Handbook of Oriental Studies, BRILL Academic. There is a brief introduction of each Upanishad across each chapter. It does not have actual Sanskrit text, but it is an excellent reference book that gives a fascinating and readable overview. This translation was the final piece of work published by Yeats before his death less than a year later.[204]. [190][191] His great-grandson, Dara Shukoh, produced a collection called Sirr-i-Akbar in 1656, wherein 50 Upanishads were translated from Sanskrit into Persian. The two late prose Upanisads, the Prasna and the Mandukya, cannot be much older than the beginning of the common era. [105] Brahman-Atman and self-realization develops, in the Upanishad, as the means to moksha (liberation; freedom in this life or after-life). Maya means that the world is not as it seems; the world that one experiences is misleading as far as its true nature is concerned. Arthur Schopenhauer was deeply impressed by the Upanishads and called it "the most profitable and elevating reading which... is possible in the world". There is a good introduction in the first volume about various Hindu texts and their six schools. The Aitareya, Kauṣītaki and Taittirīya Upanishads may date to as early as the mid 1st millennium BCE, while the remnant date from between roughly the 4th to 1st centuries BCE, roughly contemporary with the earliest portions of the Sanskrit epics. Peter Heehs (2002), Indian Religions, New York University Press. [75][77] While over two dozen of the minor Upanishads are dated to pre-3rd century CE,[23][24] many of these new texts under the title of "Upanishads" originated in the first half of the 2nd millennium CE,[75] they are not Vedic texts, and some do not deal with themes found in the Vedic Upanishads. For Schopenhauer, that fundamentally real underlying unity is what we know in ourselves as "will". While some Upanishads have been deemed 'monistic', others, including the Katha Upanishad, are dualistic. The Upanishadic, Buddhist and Jain renunciation traditions form parallel traditions, which share some common concepts and interests. [149] Gaudapada was the first person to expound the basic principles of the Advaita philosophy in a commentary on the conflicting statements of the Upanishads. The Upanishads (/uːˈpænɪˌʃædz, uːˈpɑːnɪˌʃɑːdz/;[1] Sanskrit: उपनिषद् Upaniṣad [ˈʊpɐnɪʂɐd]) are late Vedic Sanskrit texts of religious teaching and ideas still revered in Hinduism. Kena Upanishad. [75] These lists associated each Upanishad with one of the four Vedas, many such lists exist, and these lists are inconsistent across India in terms of which Upanishads are included and how the newer Upanishads are assigned to the ancient Vedas. Mundaka (Gurumukh)[32] Other dictionary meanings include "esoteric doctrine" and "secret doctrine". image_pdf image_print. 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