Praśna Upanishad

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Hindu scripture Upanishad Vedic text philosophical text

Praśna Upanishad is an ancient Vedic philosophical text structured as a series of six questions and answers exploring the nature of the universe, life-breath, and ultimate reality (Brahman).

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Prashna Upanishad 2
Prasna Upanishad 1
Praśna Upanishad canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu scripture ⓘ
Upanishad ⓘ
Vedic text ⓘ
philosophical text ⓘ
associatedWith Ātman ⓘ
surface form: Atman

Brahman ⓘ
Vedanta ⓘ
belongsTo Shruti ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Vedic canon ⓘ
citedBy Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
surface form: Adi Shankara
dealsWith means to attain Brahman ⓘ
origin of beings ⓘ
paths after death ⓘ
relationship between prana and consciousness ⓘ
symbolism of the syllable Om ⓘ
fifthQuestionTopic meditation on Om and its results ⓘ
firstQuestionTopic origin of creatures and prana ⓘ
focusesOn Brahman ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
karma ⓘ
life-breath ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
nature of the universe ⓘ
om ⓘ
prana ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
ultimate reality ⓘ
fourthQuestionTopic states of consciousness and the inner self ⓘ
genre dialogue ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Praśna Upanishad ⓘ
surface form: Prashna Upanishad
hasAlternativeTransliteration Praśna Upanishad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prasna Upanishad
hasQuestionCount 6 ⓘ
influenced later Vedantic philosophy ⓘ
isPartOf Muṇḍaka Upanishad ⓘ
surface form: Mukhya Upanishads

Upanishads ⓘ
surface form: Principal Upanishads
language Sanskrit ⓘ
numberOfChapters 6 ⓘ
partOf Atharvaveda ⓘ
surface form: Atharva Veda
period late Vedic period ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Vedanta ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Indian subcontinent ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
script Devanagari (in most modern editions) ⓘ
secondQuestionTopic nature and functions of prana ⓘ
sixthQuestionTopic realization of Brahman ⓘ
structure six questions and answers ⓘ
thirdQuestionTopic relation of prana to waking, dream, and deep sleep ⓘ
tradition Atharvaveda tradition ⓘ

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Upanishads → hasPart → Praśna Upanishad ⓘ
Atharvaveda → associatedUpanishad → Praśna Upanishad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prashna Upanishad
Praśna Upanishad → hasAlternativeName → Praśna Upanishad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prashna Upanishad
Praśna Upanishad → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Praśna Upanishad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prasna Upanishad