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  2. Taittiriya Upanishad - Wikipedia

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    Taittiriya is a Sanskrit word that means "from Tittiri". The root of this name has been interpreted in two ways: "from Vedic sage Tittiri", who was the student of Yāska; or alternatively, it being a collection of verses from mythical students who became "partridges" (birds) in order to gain knowledge. [2]

  3. Taittiriya Shakha - Wikipedia

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    Taittiriya Aranyaka: Ten books of hymns, mantras, and – typical of Aranyaka texts – Vedic theology constituting two Upanishads. Taittiriya Pratisakhya : One book concerned with phonetics , that is, the correct pronunciation of words.

  4. Upanishads - Wikipedia

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    The three other early prose Upanishads—Taittiriya, Aitareya, and Kausitaki come next; all are probably pre-Buddhist and can be assigned to the 6th to 5th centuries BCE. [52] The Kena is the oldest of the verse Upanishads followed by probably the Katha, Isa, Svetasvatara, and Mundaka.

  5. Kosha - Wikipedia

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    A kosha (also kosa; Sanskrit कोश, IAST: kośa), usually rendered "sheath", is a covering of the Atman, or Self according to Vedantic philosophy. The five sheaths, summarised with the term Panchakosha, are described in the Taittiriya Upanishad (2.1-5), [1] [2] and they are often visualised as the layers of an onion. [3]

  6. Yajnavalkya - Wikipedia

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    The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is dated at c. 700 BCE. [4] [26] The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is known for highlighting Yajnavalkya’s magnetic personality, focusing on his self-confidence. [16] Yajnavalkya plays a central position within the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad, which is a part of the Sukla Yajur Veda. [14]

  7. Atithi Devo Bhava - Wikipedia

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    The mantras are from the Taittiriya Upanishad, Shikshavalli I.11.2, which says: matrudevo bhava, mitradevo bhava, pitrudevo bhava, putradevo bhava, acharyadevo bhava, atithidevo bhava. It literally means "be one for whom the Mother is God, be one for whom the Friend is God, be one for whom the Father is God, be one for whom the Child is God, be ...

  8. Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa - Wikipedia

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    A.B Keith states that 'at a comparatively early period the formulae [i.e. mantras from the Samhitas of the YajurVeda] were accompanied by explanations, called Brahmanas, texts pertaining to the Brahman or sacred lore, in which the different acts of the ritual were given Symbolical interpretations, the words of the texts commented on, and ...

  9. Aranyaka - Wikipedia

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    Chapters 7, 8 and 9, are the three vallis of the well-known Taittiriya Upanishad. Chapter 10, is also known as the "Mahanarayana Upanishad". It has several important mantras culled from the three Samhitas. [citation needed] TA 10.41–44 is known as the "Medha sukta".