of Indic text. The Upanishads (/ʊˈpʌnɪʃədz/; Sanskrit: उपनिषद्, IAST: Upaniṣad, pronounced [ˈʊpɐnɪʂɐd]) are late Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit texts that...

Hinduism. A key scripture to various schools of Hinduism, the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad is tenth in the Muktikā or "canon of 108 Upanishads". The Brihadaranyaka...

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...

Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda) Kaṭha Upaniṣad (Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda) Kena Upaniṣad (samaveda) Chāndogya Upaniṣad (samaveda) Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (Atharvaveda)...

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,...

"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...

Kali-Santarana Upanishad (Sanskrit: कलिसन्तरणोपनिषद्; IAST: Kali-Santaraṇa Upaniṣad), also called Kalisantaraṇopaniṣad, is a Sanskrit text. It is a minor Upanishad...

Shankara's Commentary Translated by S. Sitarama Sastri, online ebook Text Kāṭha-Upaniṣad edited by Marcos Albino, Erlangen 1996; Transliterated TITUS version by...

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...

Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad, the Kaṭha Upaniṣad, and the Bhagavad Gita mention Bhakti. The last of three epilogue verses of the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad, 6.23, uses...