num_pages: 163
description: The Upanishads are a group of texts in Hindu sacred literature that are considered to reveal the ultimate truth and whose knowledge is considered to lead to spiritual emancipation. In the Upanishads we find the finest flowering of the Indian metaphysical and speculative thought. They are utterances of seers who spoke out of the fullness of their illumined experience. Upanishad is derived from upa (near) ni (down) and sad (to sit). Hence the term implies the pupils intent on learning sitting near the teacher to acquire knowledge and truth. There are over 200 Upanishads but the traditional number is 108. Of them only 10 are the principal Upanishads: Isha Kena Katha Prashan Mundaka Mandukya Tattiriya Aitareya Chhandogya and Brihadaranyaka. This book is a forerunner in introducing these primary Upanishads to the uninitiated.
language: English
title: The Ten Principal Upanishads
publisher: Rupa Publications India