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If desiring Moksha without the body, read the 108 Upanishads. Hear their order. Most scholars list ten upanishads as principal, or the Mukhya Upanishads, while some consider eleven, twelve or thirteen as principal, or the most important Upanishads (highlighted). [10] [11] [12] The list of 108 names is given in verses 30–39. They are as follows:
[74] [79] In north India, a list of 52 Upanishads has been most common. [74] The Muktikā Upanishad's list of 108 Upanishads groups the first 13 as mukhya, [80] [note 6] 21 as Sāmānya Vedānta, 18 as Sannyāsa, [84] 14 as Vaishnava, 14 as Shaiva, 8 as Shakta, and 20 as Yoga. [85] The 108 Upanishads as recorded in the Muktikā are shown in the ...
The Upanishads consist of ten, twelve or thirteen major texts, with a total of 108 texts [2] (some scholars list ten as principal – the Mukhya Upanishads, while most consider twelve or thirteen as principal, most important Upanishads [3] [4] [5]).
Yoga Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to Yoga. There are twenty Yoga Upanishads in the anthology of 108 Upanishads listed in the Muktika anthology. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Yoga Upanishads, along with other minor Upanishads, are generally classified separate from the thirteen major Principal Upanishads considered to be more ...
The Nilarudra Upanishad is an important Shiva-focussed Upanishad, remarks Deussen, from the group of five minor Upanishads which assert god Shiva as a symbolism for Atman (soul). [14] These are ancient Hindu texts, with Nilarudra likely the oldest (composed closer to Shvetashvatara Upanishad ), but Nilaruda is not included in the anthology of ...
The text is one of the Vaishnava Upanishads, [8] completed before about 1500 CE, [9] and includes two verses called the Maha-mantra. [2] The modern era Kali-Santarana Upanishad is the earliest known Hindu text where this widely known mantra appears. [9] It was popularized by one of the Bhakti movement leaders Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the 16th ...
The Principal Upanishads, which were composed probably between 600 and 300 BCE, constitute the concluding portion of the Veda. [2] According to most Hinduism traditions, ten Upanishads are considered as Principal Upanishads, but some scholars now are including Śvetāśvatara, Kauṣītaki and Maitrāyaṇīya into the list.
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is one of the Mukhya or Principal 108 Upanishads. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] From the last book of the Satapatha Brahmana (Kanva recension ; this article cites the Madhyandina recension in the section above, which does not contain the Upanishad), [ 78 ] it is a treatise on Atman (Soul or Self), and has been commented upon by ...