A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Upanisads
This page describes Upanisads which is located on page 439 of the third 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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The Gita’s Ethics (A Critical Study) [by Arpita Chakraborty]
There is nothing other than it in this world “says the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad and Katha Upanishad. This extreme position is modified by the former Upanisad itself by saying that the manifested world is reality real and therefore Brahman is the “Reality of realities” or Truth of truths (11 1-20) which means that the world is not wholly unreal....
Read full contents: 7. Ultimate Reality
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
The collection of Upanisads translated by Dara shiko, Aurangzeb s brother, contained 50 Upanisads. The Muktika Upanisad gives a list of 108 Upanisads. With theexception of the first 13 Upanisads most of them are of more or less later date. The Upanisads dealt with in this chapter are the earlier ones. Amongst the later ones there are some which repeat the purport of these, there are others which deal with the Shaiva, Shakta, the Yoga and the Vaisnava doctrines....
Read full contents: Part 1 - The place of the Upanishads in Vedic literature
Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) [by Deepak bagadia]
Main Upanisads are eleven, namely Isa, Kena, Katha, Prasna, Mundaka, Mandukya, Taittiriya, Chandogya, Aitareya, Brhadaranyaka and Svetasvatara. Indian Philosophy has a rich and diverse philosophical tradition dating back to the composition of the Upanisads in the later Vedic period. According to Radhakrishnan, the earlier Upanisads constitute ". . . the earliest philosophical compositions of the world. " Upanisads guide us in crisis and therefore are included in world literature. 2....
Read full contents: Part 2 - The History of Indian Philosophy (theoretical background)
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