Upanishads
E19475
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.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upanishads canonical | 68 |
| Upanishad | 4 |
| Upaniṣad | 3 |
| Mukhya Upanishad | 2 |
| Prasthanatrayi | 2 |
| Principal Upanishads | 2 |
| The Principal Upanishads | 2 |
| Upaniṣads | 2 |
| mukhya Upanishad | 2 |
| Hindu Upanishads | 1 |
| Isha Upanishad | 1 |
| Shvetashvatara Upanishad | 1 |
| Vedanta corpus | 1 |
| early Upanishads | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152476 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upanishads Context triple: [Hinduism, hasScripture, Upanishads]
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A.
Vedas
The Vedas are a collection of ancient sacred texts composed in Sanskrit that form the foundational spiritual and philosophical scriptures of Hinduism.
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B.
Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita is a foundational Hindu scripture in the form of a philosophical dialogue that explores duty, righteousness, and spiritual wisdom, and has profoundly shaped Indian thought and leaders.
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C.
Rigveda
The Rigveda is the oldest of the four Vedas, a foundational collection of ancient Sanskrit hymns that form a core sacred text of Hinduism.
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D.
Puranas
The Puranas are a genre of ancient and medieval Hindu texts that narrate cosmology, myths, legends of gods and heroes, and traditional religious practices and teachings.
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E.
Vedanta
Vedanta is a major Hindu philosophical tradition that interprets and systematizes the teachings of the Upanishads, focusing on the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and the self (Atman).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upanishads Target entity description: 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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A.
Vedas
The Vedas are a collection of ancient sacred texts composed in Sanskrit that form the foundational spiritual and philosophical scriptures of Hinduism.
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B.
Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita is a foundational Hindu scripture in the form of a philosophical dialogue that explores duty, righteousness, and spiritual wisdom, and has profoundly shaped Indian thought and leaders.
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C.
Rigveda
The Rigveda is the oldest of the four Vedas, a foundational collection of ancient Sanskrit hymns that form a core sacred text of Hinduism.
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D.
Puranas
The Puranas are a genre of ancient and medieval Hindu texts that narrate cosmology, myths, legends of gods and heroes, and traditional religious practices and teachings.
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E.
Vedanta
Vedanta is a major Hindu philosophical tradition that interprets and systematizes the teachings of the Upanishads, focusing on the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and the self (Atman).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu scripture
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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
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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
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surface form:
Vedānta
|
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Input
Subject: Upanishads Description of subject: 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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this entity surface form:
Mukhya Upanishad
this entity surface form:
mukhya Upanishad
this entity surface form:
Vedanta corpus
this entity surface form:
Principal Upanishads
this entity surface form:
Principal Upanishads
this entity surface form:
mukhya Upanishad
this entity surface form:
Mukhya Upanishad
subject surface form:
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
this entity surface form:
The Principal Upanishads
subject surface form:
Ahimsa