Upanishads (redirect from Upanisads)
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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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (redirect from Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad)
Hinduism. A key scripture to various schools of Hinduism, the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad is tenth in the Muktikā or "canon of 108 Upanishads". The Brihadaranyaka...
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Mantra"), is a 16-word Vaishnava mantra mentioned in the Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad. In the 15th century, it rose to importance in the Bhakti movement following...
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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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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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Katha Upanishad (redirect from Kaṭha Upaniṣad)
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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self-confidence. Yajnavalkya plays a central position within the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad, which is a part of the Sukla Yajur Veda. The scripture details one of...
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Bhakti movement (section Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad)
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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