This two-volume set contains the famous Max Müller translation of the classical upanisads that first appeared as Volumes I and XV of the "Sacred Books of the East." It contains the full text, translated into English and annotated, of the following upanisads: Chandogya, Kena, Aitareya, Kaushitaki, Isa, Katha, Mundaka, Taittiriyaka, Brhadaranyaka, Svetasvatara, Prasna, and Maitriyana. These are the most important upanisads, the classical basic documents that have been accepted as authoritative by practically all Indian religious and philosophic traditions. These remarkable mystical and philosophical treatises have not only created the later wisdom of India, they have also played an important part in Western thought. While one many be doubtful of their claimed influence upon the Neoplatonists and the medieval Christian mystics, they still have greatly influenced later developments in Western philosophy, from the time of Schlegel, Hegel, Schopenhauer, and Schelling. Probably written by various authors over several centuries before 500 B.C., they exhibit a remarkable uniformity of purpose: they strive — through parable, proverb, simile, and metaphor, and through a method similar to Socratic dialogue — to arrive at truth without erecting a formal system. Although there have been other translations of the upanisads, this edition of Max Müller has long enjoyed the reputation of being the most scholarly. Not only does the translation contain the mature reflections of the greatest Indologist and Sanskritologist of the nineteenth century (who was also a profound philosopher in his own right), it also contains his long introductions of more than 250 pages, discussing the position of the upanisads and their value for the modern world. These profound writings are necessary reading for all Indologists, philosophers, and historians of religion. They are also most valuable experiences for the modern reader who is interested in learning about a great field of thought with deep mystical and existential implications.
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1
See Deussen, Vedânta, Einleitung, p. 38. Sa
kara occasionally refers also to the Paingi, Agnirahasya, Gâbâla, and Nârâyanîya Upanishads.
2
Deussen, loc. cit. p. 82.
3
I state this on the authority of Professor Cowell. See also Fitzedward Hall, Index to the Bibliography of the Indian Philosophical Systems, pp. 116 and 236.
4
They have been published by Dr. Roer in the Bibliotheca Indica.
5
Dr. Weber’s statement that Sa
kara wrote a commentary on the Kaushîtaki-upanishad has been corrected by Deussen, loc. cit. p. 39.
6
See Deussen, loc. cit, p. 39.
7
A long list of works ascribed to Sa
kara may be seen in Regnaud, Philosophie de l’Inde, p. 34, chiefly taken from Fitzedward Hall’s Index of Indian Philosophical Systems.
8
See Tarkaratna’s Vigñâpana, p. 3, 1. 5.
9
India, What can it teach us? p. 360.
10
Mr. Nehemiah Goreh writes aprâkshyo, and this is no doubt the reading adopted by Roer in his edition of the Khândogya-upanishad in the Bibliotheca Indica, p. 384. In Sa
kara’s commentary also the same form is given. Still grammar requires aprâksho.
11
The Pañkadasî (I, 20) distinguishes between manas and buddhi, by saying, mano vimarsarûpam syâd buddhih syân niskayâtmikâ, which places the difference between the two rather in the degree of certainty, ascribing deliberation to mana...
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DOVER BOOKS ON THE OCCULT
Title Page
The Upaniads
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.
KATHA-UPANISHAD.
MUNDAKA-UPANISHAD.
TAITTIRÎYAKA-UPANISHAD.
BRIHADÂRANYAKA-UPANISHAD.
SVETÂSVATARA-UPANISHAD.
PRASÑA-UPANISHAD.
MAITRÂYANA-BRÂH MANA-UPANISHAD.
TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS ADOPTED FOR THE TRANSLATIONS OF THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST.
A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST
