Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Brihadaranyaka
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad manuscript page (verses 1.3.1 to 1.3.4)
IASTBṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
Datepre-Buddhist,
~9th to 6th century BCE[1][2][3]
Author(s)Yajnavalkya
TypeMukhya Upanishads
Linked VedaShukla Yajurveda
Linked Brahmanapart of Shatapatha Brahmana
Linked AranyakaBrihad Aranyaka
ChaptersSix
PhilosophyĀtman, Brahman
Commented byAdi Shankara, Madhvacharya
Popular verse"Aham Brahmasmi"

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (Sanskrit: बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्, romanizedbṛhadāraṇyaka 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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".
  4. ^ Paul Deussen, The Philosophy of the Upanishads, Motilal Banarsidass (2011 Edition); ISBN 978-8120816206, p. 23.
  5. ^ Paul Deussen, Sixty Upanishads of the Veda, Volume 2, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120814691, pp. 556–557.
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ Jones, Constance (2007). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. New York: Infobase Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-0816073368.
  8. ^ Brihadaranyaka Upanishad with Adi Shankara's commentary – Swami Madhavananada (Translator)
  9. ^ Brihadaranyaka Upanisad with the commentary of Madhvacharya, Translated by Rai Bahadur Sriśa Chandra Vasu (1933); OCLC 222634127.

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