UpaniṢads
UPANIṢADS. The Upaniṣads are codified Sanskrit philosophical speculations of varying lengths in both prose and verse form, composed orally and set to memory mostly by an...
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Upanishads
The Upanishads constitute the fourth and final stratum of the corpus of Vedic literature (early Hindu sacred writings), traditionally held to be shruti, or the revealed and eternal divine ...
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In the following excerpt, Deussen provides an overview of the Upanishads, discussing their history, composition, and ideological principles.
I. the Place of the Upanishads in the Literature of the V...
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In the following essay, Mehta provides an introduction to the Upanishads and discusses their value in the modern age.
The cultural and spiritual heritage of India is both vast as well as rich. But ...
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In the following essay, Grenander and Rao trace Hindu thought as it was incorporated in portions of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land.
Several years ago, in a report on a series of round table di...
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In the following essay, Pandit comments on the dialogue style of the Upanishads as well as on the actual etymology of the word upanishad.
The meaning of the word upanishad is difficult to tell, for...
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In the following essay, Frawley describes two different approaches to teaching found in the Upanishads and notes that in order to gain a deeper understanding of the writings, it is necessary to releas...
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In the following essay, Brereton presents the five paradigms embodied in the teachings of the Upanishads, stating that these principles are used to construct wholeness out of the multiplicity of the w...
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In the following essay, Oldenberg provides background on Indian thought, including discussions of the Brahmana caste, sacrifice, and the otherworld.
Enquiry Into the Otherworldly Order of Things in ...
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In the following essay, Fort focuses on the Upanishads's treatment of mukti, or freedom, exploring the idea that it can be attained only after death versus the belief that it is entirely possib...
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In the following essay, Sikka discusses the influence of the Upanishads on W. B. Yeats's thought.
Pythagoras planned it. Why did the people stare? His numbers, though they moved or seemed to...
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Upaniṣads
Upanishads
Critical Essay by Paul Deussen
