Associations to the word «Upanishad»

Wiktionary

UPANISHAD, proper noun. An authorless Hindu religious and philosophical text considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas.

Dictionary definition

UPANISHAD, noun. A later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature dealing with metaphysical questions; "the Vedanta philosophy developed from the pantheistic views of the Upanishads".

Wise words

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