page_title: Yajnavalkya Upanishad
hierarchical_section_title: Yajnavalkya Upanishad
caption_attribution_description: English: Sadhus walking on Kathmandu Durbar Square
context_page_description: The Yajnavalkya Upanishad is a late medieval era Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. The text is attached to the Shukla Yajurveda, and is one of the 20 Sannyasa Upanishads.
context_section_description: The Yajnavalkya Upanishad (Sanskrit: याज्ञवल्क्य उपनिषत्, IAST: Yājñavalkya Upaniṣad) is a late medieval era Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. The text is attached to the Shukla Yajurveda, and is one of the 20 Sannyasa (renunciation) Upanishads.
caption: The text discusses the life of wandering renouncers
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