Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)

by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words

This page relates ‘The meaning of the term ‘Turya’’ of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The Upaniṣads are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.

4. The meaning of the term ‘Turya’

TuryaOṃkāra’ becomes the all pervasive Mahādeva (as Brahman) vide.Atharvaśikhā Upaniṣad II.5.

There is a reference to “Turya” as Gaṇapati (‘Oṃkāra’) in the Gaṇapati upaniṣad.[1]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Gaṇapati Upaniṣad verse 1-3. [...]

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