Vedas and Upanishads
Aitareya & Taittiriya Upanishads with Shankara Bhashya with English translation
by Sitaram Sastri
The Aitareya Upanishad is a Mukhya Upanishad, associated with the Rigveda. It comprises the fourth, fifth and sixth chapters of the second book of Aitareya Aranyaka, which is one of the four layers of Rig Vedic text. Aitareya Upanishad discusses three philosophical themes: first, that the world and man is the creation of the Atman (Soul, Universal Self); second, the theory that the Atman undergoes threefold birth; third, that Consciousness is the essence of Atman.
The Taittirīya Upanishad is the seventh, eighth and ninth chapters of Taittirīya Āraṇyaka, which are also called, respectively, the Śikṣāvallī, the Ānandavallī and the Bhṛguvallī. The Upanishad includes verses that are partly prayers and benedictions, partly instruction on phonetics and praxis, partly advice on ethics and morals given to graduating students from ancient Vedic gurukula-s (schools), partly a treatise on allegory, and partly philosophical instruction.
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Aprakashita Upanishad
By Kunhan Raja
This volume contains seventy-one Upanishads, that are not included in the well-known one hundred and eight Upanishads. Manuscripts of many of these Upanishads are rare, and very few of them have been printed till now. This edition is based upon the manuscripts that are collected in the Adyar Library.
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Aitareya Upanishad
By T N Sethumadhavan
Aitareya Upanishad is a common ground for philosophy and physics. It contains the mahavakya, the great aphorism “prajnanam brahma”, Consciousness is Brahman. Aitareya Upanishad identifies Consciousness as the First Cause of creation. This is forerunner of ‘Unified Field Theory’ or a ‘Theory of Everything’ which the modern physicists are trying to discover although the modern science does not recognize Consciousness as a factor in creation of the universe.
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Atharvaveda Hindi Bhashya Pratham Kandam
By Kshemkaranda Trivedi
Atharvaveda is the fourth of the Vedas. For a long time it was not considered a Veda. Only Rigveda, Yajurveda and Samaveda were recognized as the triple Vedas (triveda). Historians believe that the Atharveda was included among the Vedas after the Vedic civilization matured and incorporated many traditions and practices of other groups and cultures. It may also be partly due to the growing influence of Shavisim, Shaktism or Tantrism. The Veda contains many mystic chants, spells and prayers meant to either heal or harm or seek protection against harmful forces.
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AtharvaVeda vol 7
By Charles Rockwell Lanman – 1905
When, in 1855-6, the text of the Atharva-Veda was published by Professor Roth and myself, it was styled a “” first volume,”” and a second volume, of notes, indexes, etc., was promised. The promise was made in good faith, and with every intention of prompt fulfilment; but circumstances have deferred the latter,even till now. The bulk of the work was to have fallen to Professor Roth, not only because the bulk of the work on the first volume had fallen to me, but also because his superior learning and ability pointed him out as the one to undertake it.
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
translated By Swami Madhavananda
The long-felt want of a reliable, complete English translation of so important a book as Sankara’s Commentary on the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad has urged me to venture on this difficult undertaking. Had the long-promised translation by Dr. Ganganath Jha, in Mr. Seshachari’s series, come out, or had Dr. Rider been living to complete, and revise, his translation, which extends only up to the first chapter of the book and is long out of print, or if Prof. Hiriyanna of Mysore had completed his admirable edition, which discovers only the first three sections of that chapter, there would have been no necessity for another edition. But since the presentation m English of Sankara’s longest and greatest commentary on the Upanishads seemed to me to be overdue, I have prepared this edition for the use of those students of Vedanta whose knowledge of Sanskrit is not as high as that of English.
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Chandogya Upanishad With Sankara Bhashya-English-Part 1
By Ganganath Jha
Embedded in the Chandogya Brahmana of the Sama Veda of Hinduism Chandayoga upanishad is one of the oldest Upanishads. It lists as number 9 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. It is one of the largest Upanishadic compilations, and has eight Prapathakas (literally lectures, chapters), each with many volumes, and each volume contains many verses. The volumes are a motley collection of stories and themes. As part of the poetic and chants-focused Samaveda, the broad unifying theme of the Upanishad is the importance of speech, language, song and chants to man’s quest for knowledge and salvation, to metaphysical premises and questions, as well as to rituals.
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Chandogya Upanishad With Sankara Bhashya-English-Part2
By Ganganath Jha
Embedded in the Chandogya Brahmana of the Sama Veda of Hinduism Chandayoga upanishad is one of the oldest Upanishads. It lists as number 9 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. It is one of the largest Upanishadic compilations, and has eight Prapathakas (literally lectures, chapters), each with many volumes, and each volume contains many verses. The volumes are a motley collection of stories and themes. As part of the poetic and chants-focused Samaveda, the broad unifying theme of the Upanishad is the importance of speech, language, song and chants to man’s quest for knowledge and salvation, to metaphysical premises and questions, as well as to rituals.
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Commentary on Katha Upanishad
By Krishnananda
There is a scripture similar to the Bhagavadgita in many respects, called the Katha Upanishad, the one from which the Bhagavadgita-teachings are believed by many to have been drawn. If the Bhagavadgita is a conversation between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, placed in the context of the historical event of the Mahabharata war, the Katha Upanishad is a conversation between Yama and Nachiketas. Just as we have the confusion of Arjuna’s mind in the beginning of the Bhagavadgita, we find intense aspiration on the part of Nachiketas in the beginning of the Kathopanishad. There are four important stages in its 6 teaching, even as the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavadgita reveal the stages of the sadhaka’s evolution. The Katha is magnificent in its poetic.
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Dashopanishad with commentary
By Kunhan Raja
The present volume contains the first eights of the ten major Upanishads namely, Isa, Kena, Katha, Prasna, Munddaka, Taittriya, and Aitreya along with commentary on the Upanisadbrahmayogin. There are other commentaries too for these ten main Upanishads but this commentary is the bhashya of Sanakaracharya. Yet this is not a mere repetition but a lot of embellishment and our own commentary has been added on top.
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Hymns to the mystic fire
By Shree Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo has unlocked the secret of the Rig Veda and in this book he has provided the translations for all hymns to Agni, the mystic fire, from the Rig Veda. Included for reference are the actual Sanskrit texts for each hymn. The “Doctrine of the Mystics” reveals the underlying philosophical, psychological and spiritual truths experienced by the sages. This book is for the seeker, the yogi, and the sage as well as the philosopher or student of comparative religion.
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Isavasya Upanishad with Shankara Bhashya
The Ishavasya Upanishad (or simply Isha) is one of the shortest of its kind, and basically represents a brief philosophical poem discussing the soul/self (Atman).
The words “Isha vasyam” literally translates to “enveloped by the Lord” and refers to the theory of soul (Atman); a concept used in both dualism and non-dualism. This book however, including the commentary of Shankara, focuses on non-dualism (advaita).
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Isha Kena and Mandaka Upanishad
translated By V C Sheshadhari
The increasing interest evinced by the thinking world in the Philosophy and Religion of the Hindus has led me to undertake the publication of the translation of the principal Upanishads. The special feature of this publication is the translation of the complimentary of Sri Sankaracharya, the greatest exponent of the Advaita system of philosophy. The work has been undertaken chiefly with a view to bring within easy reach of . the English-reading public the j)priceless teachings of the Upanishads, in the light of the interpretation of Sri Sankaracharya. The spirit of the text and of the interpretation has, throughout been faithfully adhered to and, perhaps, in some instances, even to the detriment of elegance in diction.
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Isha Upanishad
BY Shree Aurobindo
The Upanishads, being vehicles of illumination and not of instruction, composed for seekers who had already a general familiarity with the ideas of the Vedic and Vedantic seers and even some personal experience of the truths on which they were founded, dispense in their style with expressed transitions of thought and the development of implied or subordinate notions.Every verse in the Isha Upanishad reposes on a number of ideas implicit in the text but nowhere set forth explicitly; the reasoning also that supports its conclusions is suggested by the words, not expressly conveyed to the intelligence. The reader, or rather the hearer, was supposed to proceed from light to light, confirming his intuitions and verifying by his experience, not submitting the ideas to the judgment of the logical reason.
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Kashyapa Shilpa Shastra Sthapatya Veda in Sanskrit
Sthapatya veda is the knowledge of Vedic architecture. This knowledge comes from a 5,000-year-old Hindu text and is thought to predate Chinese feng shui. Sthapatya (sta-pat-ya) can be translated as “to establish” and veda as “knowledge.” Sthapatya veda uses the circadian cycle, yet this knowledge expands to include the universe itself. The five elements — air, earth, fire, water and space — are also important factors in building design.
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Kena Upanishad
By Ganga Prasadji
Upanishad literally means sitting near God . The word is applied to books teaching Knowledge of God or Spiritual Knowledge. Kena- Upanishad comes second among the ten Upanishads,(viz. Isha, Kena, Katha, Prashna, Mundaka, Mandukya, Aitareya Taittiriya, Chhandogya, and Vrihadaranyaka), which are regarded as the most ancient and authoritative. It forms part of the Talavakara Brahman of the Sama Veda, and its proper name is ‘Talavakara-Upanishad’. It is called Kena Upanishad from its first word Kena, as the first or Vajasaneyi Upanishad is called Isha Upanishad because it begins with the word “”Isha””. The Upanishad has for its basis a Sukta in the Atharva Veda (x 2) which is also called Kena from the first word of the Sukta.
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Kena Upanishad with Hindi translation
By Sthapatya Veda
Sthapatya Veda is one of the structuring dynamics of Rk Veda. It highlights the quality involved in structuring Rk Veda. With reference to consciousness, Sthapatya Veda comprises the specific sets of laws of Nature that are engaged in promoting the quality of Chhandas — the object of observation, which hides the dynamism of Devata in the witnessing quality of Rishi — within the Samhita level of consciousness, providing a structure to the eternally silent, self-referral, self-sufficient, fully awake state of consciousness, which is intimately personal to everyone.
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Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads
By Swami Sarvanand Sanskrit-English
Mundaka literally means a razor or one with a shaven head (i.e. a sanyasi). This Upanishad is called so probably because of two reasons. Firstly because it cleanses the soul be removing all ignorance. Secondly because it strongly prefer a sanyasis life to a householders. It is attached to the Atharvaveda belongin to the shaunakhiya shaka.
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Nitiprakashika – Dhanurveda
Dhanurveda, the standard work on Vedic military science being lost, the dissertations on the science found in the Mahabharata, the Agni Purana, Akasa Bhairava Tantra, Kautalya Arthasastra, Manusmriti, and other small works on Dhanurveda like Ausanas Dhanurveda, Vasistha Dhanurveda, Sadasiva Dhanurveda and Niti Prakasika are the only source of information on the subject left to us.
The Nitiprakaéika is ascribed to Vaiéampayana and gives among other valuable matter a full account of the Dhanur veda. It contains in fact the only accurate description which w e possess of the various arms and war implements of the ancient Hindus.
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On the Weapons Army Organization and Political Maxims of the Ancient Hindus
By Gustav Oppert
While pursuing my researches into ancient Indian history I lighted upon two ancient Sanskrit manuscripts containing interesting information on many new and important topics. One of them , the Nitiprakaéika, has been, I believe, up to now, utterly unknown, and the other, the Sukraniti, though known to exist, has never been properly described and published. The Nitiprakaéika is ascribed to Vaiéampayana and gives among other valuable matter a full account of the Dhanur veda. It contains in fact the only accurate description which w e possess of the various arms and war implements of the ancient Hindus. I esteemed it therefore proper to give as many passages as possible in full, though well aw are I run the risk of tiring the reader by a long enumeration of weapons.
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Prashna Upanishad
By Swami Sarvanand
This Upanishad has derived its name from the six questions it contains. It belongs to the Atharva Veda and is probably of the Pippalada Sakha. Sankara calls it a Brahmana and complementary to the Mantra Upanishad of the Mundaka which also belongs to the same Veda. There are six chapters in the Upanishad and each starts with a question. The first question refers to the origin of Prana, the second is about constituents of human personality, third is the third is nature of prana, fourth is about the psychological aspect of human personality, fifth is about pranava and sixth is about metaphysical principle in man.
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Rig Veda in Hindi
By pundit Ramgovind Trivedi
A hindi translation of the complete Rig Veda into Hindi, in a single volume. The text is not included. But the translation is simple, readable and fairly accurate. Includes all ten books.
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Rig Veda in Sanskrit and Hindi
The Rig Veda is the oldest of the Vedas. All the other Vedas are based upon it and consist to a large degree of various hymns from it. It consists of a thousand such hymns of different seers, each hymn averaging around ten verses. The Rig Veda is the oldest book in Sanskrit or any Indo-European language. Its date is debatable. Many great Yogis and scholars who have understood the astronomical references in the hymns, date the Rig Veda as before 4000 B.C., perhaps as early as 12,000. Modern western scholars tend to date it around 1500 B.C., though recent archeological finds in India (like Dwaraka) now appear to require a much earlier date.
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Shri Madhavacharya Bhashya on Chandayoda Upanishad
By Nagesh Sonde
In my study of various scriptures, I have experienced the vast sweep of intellectual ideas expressed with clarity of vision and purity of heart, in highly arresting poetic signs and symbols as well as down to earth , rational, reasonable, and well argued, well debated logical conclusions. Every seer and saint is said to have experienced the Truth, Satya. The Prime existence in its true and pure form in every thing that is manifest creation and every manifest thing in the supreme Self, but when he expresses it and communicates it is as per his attributes and inclinations which has shaped his thoughts speech and actions using the signs, symbols, legends I the language which he knows and which the people, the place and the period know where and when he communicates.
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Sangita Ratnakara
By Sharngadeva 1250 AD
It is one of the most important Sanskrit musicological texts from India, which both Hindustani music and Carnatic music regard as a definitive text.
The text is also known as Saptadhyayi as it is divided into seven chapters. The first six chapters, Svaragatadhyaya, Ragavivekadhyaya, Prakirnakadhyaya, Prabandhadhyaya, Taladhyaya and Vadyadhyaya deal with the various aspects of music and musical instruments while the last chapter Nartanadhyaya deals with dance. The medieval era text is one of the most complete historic Hindu treatises on the structure, technique and reasoning behind ragas (chapter 2) and talas (chapter 5) that has survived into the modern era.
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Samveda in Hindi
The Samaveda (Sanskrit: सामवेद, sāmaveda, from sāman “song” and veda “knowledge”), is the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and part of the scriptures of Hinduism. One of the four Vedas, it is a liturgical text whose 1,875 verses are primary derived from the Rigveda.
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Svetasvatara Upanishad
By Swami Tyagisananda
The Svetasvatara upanishad is a short upanishad consisting of 113 mantras divided into six chapters. It belongs to Krsnayurveda. It gets its name from sage Svetaswara who is said to have taught this to his disciples. It is not one of the more ancient Upanishads that are generally considered to be the major ones.
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Taittiriya Upanishad
By Swami Sarvanand
This Upanishad has been so named because it forms a part of the Taittiriya Aranyaka of the Krishna Yajur Veda. Taittiriya Aranyaka itself forms the latter part of the Taittiriya Brahmana and this Upanishad constitutes the seventh, eight, and ninth prapathakas of the said Aranyaka. The Taittiriya recension of the Krishna Yajur Veda got its nomenclature from the tradition that when the great sage Yajnavika was asked by his offended guru to return back the Veda which the former had studied under him, Yajnavika threw it out and other rishis taking the form of Tittiris (partridges) swallowed the Veda thus thrown out. This is a very popular Upanishad because it is still chanted as a part of many religious ceremonies in India.
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The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveda – Volume 1
Translated by Martin Haug
The Aitareya Brahmana (Sanskrit: ऐतरेय ब्राह्मण) is the Brahmana of the Shakala shakha of the Rigveda, an ancient Indian collection of sacred hymns. This work, according to the tradition, is ascribed to Mahidasa Aitareya.
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The Katha And Prasna Upanishads Vol I
Translated by Sitaram Shastri
The Katha Upanishad (Devanagari: कठोपनिषद्) (Kaṭhopaniṣad) is one of the mukhya (primary) Upanishads, embedded in the last short eight sections of the Kaṭha school of the Yajurveda. It is also known as Kāṭhaka Upanishad, and is listed as number 3 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads.
The Katha Upanishad consists of two chapters (Adhyāyas), each divided into three sections (Vallis). The first Adhyaya is considered to be of older origin than the second. The Upanishad is the legendary story of a little boy, Nachiketa – the son of Sage Vajasravasa, who meets Yama (the Indian deity of death). Their conversation evolves to a discussion of the nature of man, knowledge, Atman (Soul, Self) and moksha (liberation).
The Prashna Upanishad (Sanskrit: प्रश्न उपनिषद्, Praśna Upaniṣad) is an ancient Sanskrit text, embedded inside Atharva Veda, ascribed to Pippalada sakha of Vedic scholars. It is a Mukhya (primary) Upanishad, and is listed as number 4 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads of Hinduism.
The Prashna Upanishad contains six Prashna (questions), and each is a chapter with a discussion of answers.[2] The chapters end with the phrase, prasnaprativakanam, which literally means, “”thus ends the answer to the question.
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The Secret Of The Veda
Shree Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo breaks new ground in interpreting the ancient Vedas. His deeper insight into this came from his own spiritual practices for which he found vivid allegorical descriptions in the Vedas. Sri Aurobindo was able to uncover the mystery of the double meanings, the inner psychological and yogic significance and practices and the consistent, clear sense brought by this psychological view of the Vedic hymns. Finally, the true inner meaning of the Veda and its relevance to the seeking after self-realization and enlightenment is revealed.
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Upanishads Explained
This booklet contains a brief explanation of each of the Upanishads and what its contents are. It is not an in depth study of the Upanishads but more of a primer or 101 level for a beginner to get familiar.
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Vivekananda On Vedas And Upanishads
By system Gayatripriya
After fourteen years of continuous work, the compilation, Swami Vivekananda on the Vedas and Upanishads, is now ready to come to the light of day. It began, partially as a response to the current confusion over the coherency of Swami Vivekananda’s Neo-Vedanta and partially as a search for the essence of his message to contemporary humanity. As time went by, the volume of the work and a certain compelling pattern of inner organization built up a critical mass and momentum which swept the project forward to its present state of completion. A number of loose ends remain untied, however. Perhaps that is a good thing, for it provides opportunities for readers to make contributions and additions to the overall body of the work.
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Yajurveda with Hindi translation
The Yajurveda (Sanskrit: यजुर्वेद, yajurveda, from yajus meaning “”prose mantra”” and veda meaning “”knowledge””) is the Veda of prose mantras. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual offering formulas that were said by a priest while an individual performed ritual actions such as those before the yajna fire. Yajurveda is one of the four Vedas, and one of the scriptures of Hinduism.
The Yajurveda is broadly grouped into two – the “”black”” (Krishna) Yajurveda and the “”white”” (Shukla) Yajurveda. The term “”black”” implies “”the un-arranged, unclear, motley collection”” of verses in Yajurveda, in contrast to the “”white”” which implies the “”well arranged, clear”” Yajurveda. The black Yajurveda has survived in four recensions, while two recensions of white Yajurveda have survived into the modern times.
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