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Brihadaranyaka
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad manuscript page (verses 1.3.1 to 1.3.4)
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
Date
pre-Buddhist, ~9th to 6th century BCE[1][2][3]
Author(s)
Yajnavalkya
Type
Mukhya Upanishads
Linked Veda
Shukla Yajurveda
Linked Brahmana
part of Shatapatha Brahmana
Linked Aranyaka
Brihad Aranyaka
Chapters
Six
Philosophy
Ātman, Brahman
Commented by
Adi Shankara, Madhvacharya
Popular verse
"Aham Brahmasmi"
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The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (Sanskrit: बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्, romanized: bṛhadāraṇyaka upaniṣad) is one of the Principal Upanishads and one of the first Upanishadic scriptures of Hinduism.[4] A key scripture to various schools of Hinduism, the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad is tenth in the Muktikā or "canon of 108 Upanishads".[5]
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is estimated to have been composed about 7th–6th century BCE, excluding some parts estimated to have been composed after the Chandogya Upanishad.[6] The Sanskrit language text is contained within the Shatapatha Brahmana, which is itself a part of the Shukla Yajur Veda.[7]
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is a treatise on Ātman (Self), includes passages on metaphysics, ethics, and a yearning for knowledge that influenced various Indian religions, ancient and medieval scholars, and attracted secondary works such as those by Adi Shankara and Madhvacharya.[8][9]
^Jonardon Ganeri (2007). The Concealed Art of the Soul: Theories of Self and Practices of Truth in Indian Ethics and Epistemology. Oxford University Press. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-0-19-920241-6.
^Upaniṣads. Translated by Patrick Olivelle. Oxford University Press. 1996. pp. xxxvi–xxxvii. ISBN 978-0-19-283576-5. OCLC 911287496. OL 7384151M. Wikidata Q108771870. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^Eugene F. Gorski (2008). Theology of Religions: A Sourcebook for Interreligious Study. Paulist. p. 103 note 15. ISBN 978-0-8091-4533-1., Quote: "It is therefore one of the oldest texts of the Upanishad corpus, possibly dating to as early as the ninth century BCE".
^Paul Deussen, The Philosophy of the Upanishads, Motilal Banarsidass (2011 Edition); ISBN 978-8120816206, p. 23.
^Paul Deussen, Sixty Upanishads of the Veda, Volume 2, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120814691, pp. 556–557.
^Upaniṣads. Translated by Patrick Olivelle. Oxford University Press. 1996. pp. 3–4. ISBN 978-0-19-283576-5. OCLC 911287496. OL 7384151M. Wikidata Q108771870. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^Jones, Constance (2007). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. New York: Infobase Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-0816073368.
^Brihadaranyaka Upanishad with Adi Shankara's commentary – Swami Madhavananada (Translator)
^Brihadaranyaka Upanisad with the commentary of Madhvacharya, Translated by Rai Bahadur Sriśa Chandra Vasu (1933); OCLC 222634127.
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