Upanishad Definition

o͝o-pănə-shăd, o͝o-pänĭ-shäd
noun
Any of a group of late Vedic metaphysical treatises (Upanishads) dealing with humanity in relation to the universe.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Upanishad

Noun

Singular:
Upanishad
Plural:
upanishads

Origin of Upanishad

  • Sanskrit upaniṭat, upaniṭad- upa under, near upo in Indo-European roots ni down sīdati sad- he sits (probably from the fact that students would sit at their teacher's feet while listening to instruction) sed- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Upanishad Sentence Examples

  • The kaTha Upanishad says it is like walking on a razor's edge.

  • The kaTha upanishad says it is like walking on a razor 's edge.

  • The followers of Ramanuja have split into two sects, a northern one, recognizing the Vedas as their chief authority, and a southern one, basing their tenets on the Nalayir, a Tamil work of the Upanishad order.

  • And even amongst the adherents of the left-hand mode of worship, many of these are said to follow it as a matter of family tradition rather than of religious conviction, and to practise it in a sober and temperate manner; whilst only an extreme section - the so-called Kaulas or Kulinas, who appeal to a spurious Upanishad, the Kaulopanishad, as the divine authority of their tenets - persist in carrying on the mystic and licentious rites taught in many of the Tantras.

  • Ganesha's seed mantra is Gam, and verses 7 - 9 of the Ganesha Upanishad comprise a simple meditation upon it.

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