Upanishads

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Hindu scripture Sanskrit literature philosophical text collection religious text

The Upanishads are a collection of ancient Indian philosophical texts that explore the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman), the self (Atman), and the path to spiritual liberation, forming a foundational component of Hindu thought.

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Upanishad 4
Prasthanatrayi 2
Upaniṣads 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu scripture ⓘ
Sanskrit literature ⓘ
philosophical text collection ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
aim realization of identity of Ātman and Brahman ⓘ
spiritual liberation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
culturalContext ancient India ⓘ
dateRange circa 800–200 BCE ⓘ
describedAs end of the Veda ⓘ
etymology “sitting down near” (from Sanskrit upa-ni-ṣad) ⓘ
genre mystical text ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
hasPart Aitareya Upanishad ⓘ
Brahma Upanishad ⓘ
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad ⓘ
Chāndogya Upanishad ⓘ
Kaushītaki Upanishad ⓘ
Katha Upanishad ⓘ
surface form: Kaṭha Upanishad

Kena Upanishad ⓘ
Muṇḍaka Upanishad ⓘ
Mandukya Upanishad ⓘ
surface form: Māṇḍūkya Upanishad

Praśna Upanishad ⓘ
Taittirīya Upanishad ⓘ
Īśa Upanishad ⓘ
Śvetāśvatara Upanishad ⓘ
influenced Advaita Vedanta ⓘ
surface form: Advaita Vedānta

Dvaita ⓘ
surface form: Dvaita Vedānta

Hindu philosophy ⓘ
Indian philosophy ⓘ
Vishishtadvaita ⓘ
surface form: Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
language Sanskrit ⓘ
mainTopic Brahman ⓘ
karma ⓘ
knowledge (jñāna) ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
moksha ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
self-realization ⓘ
ultimate reality ⓘ
Ātman ⓘ
numberOfPrincipalTexts 13 (commonly recognized principal Upanishads) ⓘ
partOf Hindu canon ⓘ
Vedas ⓘ
surface form: Vedic literature

Vedas ⓘ
surface form: Śruti
recognizedBy major Hindu philosophical schools ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
script Devanagari (in many modern editions) ⓘ
timePeriod late Vedic period ⓘ
tradition Vedanta ⓘ
surface form: Vedānta

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