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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

बृहदारण्यकोपनिषत् · ബൃഹദാരണ്യകോപനിഷത്ത്

Also known as Brihadaranyakopanishad, Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad

The longest principal Upanishad, with the dialogues of Yajnavalkya and “Aham Brahmasmi”.

Attributed to Anonymous; part of the Shukla Yajurveda tradition. Period c. 800–500 BCE 6 Brahmanas

Introduction

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad contains the court dialogue of Yajnavalkya and Janaka, the teaching of the self as “I am brahman”, and the famous instruction on the neti neti method of negation.

Contents

Table of contents

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The structure of this scripture has not been published yet. Its shlokas will appear here as they are added.

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