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Mundaka Upanishad
मुण्डकोपनिषत् · മുണ്ഡകോപനിഷത്ത്
Also known as Mundakopanishad, Muṇḍakopaniṣad
A Upanishad contrasting lower and higher knowledge and describing Brahman.
Attributed to Anonymous; part of the Atharvaveda tradition.
Period c. 600–400 BCE
3 Khandas
64 verses
Introduction
The Mundaka Upanishad opens with the distinction between the lower knowledge of texts and ritual and the higher knowledge by which brahman is known. It uses the image of two birds on one tree for the self and the individual soul.
Contents
Table of contents
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Source note.
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