Purana (पुराण) is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other…
Atman (आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word that refers to the (universal) Self or self-existent essence of individuals, as distinct from ego (Ahamkara), mind (Chitta)…
The Kena Upanishad (केन उपनिषद) is a Vedic Sanskrit text classified as one of the primary or Mukhya Upanishads that…
The Katha Upanishad (कठोपनिषद् or कठ उपनिषद्) is one of the mukhya (primary) Upanishads, embedded in the last eight short sections of the Kaṭha school…
The Prashna Upanishad (प्रश्न उपनिषद) is an ancient Sanskrit text, embedded inside Atharvaveda, ascribed to Pippalada Sakha of Vedic scholars. It is…
tttIItThe Garbha Upanishad (गर्भ उपनिषद), or Garbhopanishad (Garbhopaniṣad), is one of the minor Upanishads, listed number 17 in the modern anthology of 108…
The Upanishads (उपनिषद्) are late Vedic Sanskrit texts that supplied the basis of later Hindu philosophy. They are the most recent part of the Vedas, the…
The Atharvaveda (अथर्ववेद) is the “knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life”. The text is the fourth Veda and is a late…
The Yajurveda (यजुर्वेद Yajur meaning “worship”, and Veda meaning “knowledge”) is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text,…