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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. [3] [4] [5] The founders of the major schools of Vedanta, viz., Adi Shankara and Madhvacharya wrote bhāṣyas (commentaries) on
The Ten Principal Upanishads is an English version of the Upanishads translated by the Irish poet W. B. Yeats and the Indian-born mendicant-teacher Shri Purohit Swami.The translation process occurred between the two authors throughout the 1930s and the book was published in 1938; it is one of the final works of W. B. Yeats.
Other major translations of the Upanishads have been by Robert Ernest Hume (13 Principal Upanishads), [193] Paul Deussen (60 Upanishads), [194] Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (18 Upanishads), [195] Patrick Olivelle (32 Upanishads in two books) [196] [197] and Bhānu Swami (13 Upanishads with commentaries of Vaiṣṇava ācāryas). Olivelle's ...
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]).
Most of these texts exist in Sanskrit, [10] [11] and Old Tamil, and also later in other Indic languages. In modern times, most have been translated into other Indian languages and some in Western languages. [12] [13] This list includes major Hindu texts, along with the Hindu scriptures.
Thus, an Upanishad is a text by which the knowledge of Brahman can be attained or known, or brahmavidya (brahmavidyā), which is believed to be the knowledge intended and required for liberation. [ 10 ] : 279 [ 13 ] [ 12 ] : 48–49 [ 14 ] : 1 Although there are hundreds of Upanishads, there are ten principal Upanishads which are believed to ...
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The Principal Upanishads is a 1953 book written by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975), then Vice President of India (and later President of India), about the main Upanishads, which carry central teachings of the Vedanta. Originally published in 1953 by Harper, the book has been republished several times.