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a collection of Hindu religious and philosophical texts
Any of 108 speculative texts of the Vedas that contain elaborations in poetry and verse. They are believed to have been composed since 500 BC, based on teachings circulated since 1000 BC. They represent the final stage in the tradition of the Vedas, and the teaching based on them is called Vedanta. Generally the Upanishads are concerned with the nature of reality, the individual soul (atman), and the universal soul (Brahman) and with the theory of the transmigration of souls and the nature of morality
{i} one of a class of Vedic treatises written in Sanskrit which explain the philosophy introduced in the Veda
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
Books of Vedantic philosophy appended to the Vedas
Receiving knowledge while sitting near the teacher, conversations between self-realized souls and their students on the subject matter The phylosophical sections of the Veda's, (there are 108 Upanisads) intended to understand the personal character of the Absolute Truth
part of the most mystical scriptures of Hinduism, forming the final section of the Vedas, also known as Vedanta

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Upanishads
a collection of ancient holy books containing the main principles of Hindu religion and philosophy
Upanishads
plural of Upanishad