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Upanishad
[ oo-pan-i-shad, oo-pah-ni-shahd ]
noun
- any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
Upanishad
/ juː-; -ˌʃæd; uːˈpʌnɪʃəd /
noun
- Hinduism any of a class of the Sanskrit sacred books probably composed between 400 and 200 bc and embodying the mystical and esoteric doctrines of ancient Hindu philosophy
Derived Forms
- Uˌpaniˈshadic, adjective
Other Word Forms
- U·pani·shadic adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Upanishad1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Upanishad1
Example Sentences
And I just started the Upanishads last week.
So I started reading the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, went to retreats, learned some chanting, studied some Sanskrit, and was like, “This is like amazing.”
They learn Sanskrit in order to read the “Yoga Sutras,” the “Upanishads,” the “Bhagavad Gita” in their original language.
It was the age of Buddha, Confucius, Lao-Tze, the Upanishads, the Hebrew prophets, Greek natural science and philosophy and so on.
For them, it is an ascetic practice: the sadhu severs connection with his family, renounces his worldly possessions and lives a life of celibacy as prescribed from the sacred texts Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Upanishad.
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