Devi Upanishad

Devi Upanishad
Mahadevi or Durga
Devanagariदेवी
IASTDevī
Title meansGoddess
Date8th- to 13th-centuries CE
TypeShakta Upanishads[1][2]
Linked VedaAtharvaveda[1][2]
Chapters1
Verses32
PhilosophyShaktism, Vedanta

The Devi Upanishad (Sanskrit:देवी उपनिषत्), is one of the Upanishads of Hinduism and a text composed in Sanskrit. It is one of the 19 Upanishads attached to the Atharvaveda, and is classified as one of the eight Shakta Upanishads. It is, as an Upanishad, a part of the corpus of Vedanta literature collection that present the philosophical concepts of Hinduism.

The text was likely composed between 9th- to 14th-centuries CE. It refers to Mahadevi as representing all goddesses. The Devi Upanishad is part of the five Atharvashiras Upanishads important to Tantra and Shakta philosophy traditions.

The Upanishad states that the Goddess is the Brahman (ultimate metaphysical Reality), and from her arise Prakṛti (matter) and Purusha (consciousness). She is bliss and non-bliss, the Vedas and what is different from it, the born and the unborn, and all of the universe.

  1. ^ a b Tinoco 1997, p. 89.
  2. ^ a b Coburn 1991, p. 217.

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