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- noun Any of a group of philosophical treatises contributing to the theology of ancient Hinduism, elaborating on the earlier Vedas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Sanskrit lit., a name given to a series of treatises of theosophic and philosophic contents.
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- proper noun An authorless
Hindu religious andphilosophical text considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of theBrahmanas and in the Aranyakas.
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- noun a later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature dealing with metaphysical questions
Etymologies
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Davids agrees, the word Upanishad is equivalent to our word "sitting" or
Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern J. Allanson Picton 1871
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Elsewhere she compares a "Mantra Against Your Wife's Lover," from the "Brihadaranyaka Upanishad" -- a Sanskrit philosophical text from 500 B.C. -- to "a Noel Coward drawing room comedy."
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He does not torment himself by asking what good have I left undone, what evil have I done? "] [Footnote 170: The word Upanishad probably means sitting down at the feet of a teacher to receive secret instruction: hence a secret conversation or doctrine.] [Footnote 171: Some allusions in the older Upanishads point to this district rather than the Ganges Valley as the centre of Brahmanic philosophy.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896
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The Brhadaranyaka Upanishad explains that, after death, smoky human souls waft up to the moon the way a berry detaches from its stem.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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The Brhadaranyaka Upanishad explains that, after death, smoky human souls waft up to the moon the way a berry detaches from its stem.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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The Brhadaranyaka Upanishad explains that, after death, smoky human souls waft up to the moon the way a berry detaches from its stem.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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_ Thus it is said that all the gods are one god, and this is _pr [= a] na, _ identical with _brahma_ (Brihad [= A] ranyaka Upanishad, 3.9.9); or _pr [= a] na_ is so used as to be the same with spirit, though, on the other hand,
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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Atharvan is later than this Upanishad, which is improbable.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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For clauses such as 'he is to meditate on the Udgîtha' intimate only that the Udgîtha is connected with the meditation; while their connexion with certain results is known from other clauses, such as 'whatever he does with knowledge, with faith, with the Upanishad, that is more vigorous' (according to which the result of such meditations is only to strengthen the result of the sacrifices).
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881
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United India Colony, Ayanavaram, 6-45 p.m. Mundaka Upanishad: Satyavratananda Saraswati, Samskrita Bharati,
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