A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Brhadaranyaka Upanisad
This page describes Brhadaranyaka Upanisad which is located on page 365 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Brhadaranyaka Upanisad” according to 169 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Mandukya Upanishad [by Kenneth Jaques]
"The lack of chariots and others seen in dream is shown in the Upanishads" Here the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is cited as confirming that a dream is a conscious "state", as it were, furnished with objects lit by the intellect of the dreaming one alone, that is, lacking material reality....
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Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya) [by Swami Vireshwarananda]
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Chh. Chhandogya Upanishads Kath. Katha Upanishad. Kau. Kausitaki Upanishad. Mbh. Mahabharata. Mai. Maitrayani Upanishad. Mu. Mundaka Upanishad. Pr. Prasna Upanishad. Svet. Svetasvatara Upanishad. Taitt. Taittiriya Upanishad....
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Ishavasya Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary [by M. Hiriyanna]
The distinctness of the two courses referred to in these verses (belonging to the Suklayajurveda Samhita) is also indicated in the Brihadaranyaka (which forms part of the Suklayajurveda Brahmana). (Thus we understand) from the passage beginning with “He desired, ‘Let me have a wife etc” (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad I, iv, 17) that all karma is for the ignorant actuated by worldly desires....
Read full contents: Verse 9-18 - The simultaneous practice of Karma and Upasana
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