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उपनिषद्

The Upaniṣads

A Companion Volume — windows into the principal Upaniṣads

412
Pages
3
Parts
21
Chapters
2026
Year
“
Where The Great Map surveys the whole landscape, this Companion does something the parent volume cannot afford — stays long with a single text.
— from The Upaniṣads, Mukesh Bansal
Table of contents

What this volume contains

01
Part

I · Foundations

01What an Upaniṣad Is
02The Vedic Placement
03How to Read an Upaniṣad
04The Great Identifications
05The Dramatis Personae
02
Part

II · The Principal Upaniṣads

01Īśā
02Kena
03Kaṭha
04Praśna
05Muṇḍaka
06Māṇḍūkya
07Taittirīya
08Aitareya
09Chāndogya
10Bṛhadāraṇyaka
11Śvetāśvatara
12Kauṣītaki
13Maitrī
03
Part

III · Reception and Inheritance

01The Minor Upaniṣads
02How the Upaniṣads Were Read
03The Upaniṣads Today

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व्याख्यान

Lectures on this text

· curated from public teachers on YouTube

Watch these in parallel with the book — the same material in another voice usually helps the reading stick.

माण्डूक्य उपनिषद् · कारिका सहित

Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad — complete series with Kārikā

Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York
मैं कौन हूँ?

Who Am I? — according to the Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad

Swami Sarvapriyananda
IIT Kanpur · guest lecture

Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad — Chapter 1, Mantra 1

Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York

Consciousness Studies in Ancient India — Māṇḍūkya perspective

Swami Sarvapriyananda
Academic lecture

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