Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
One of the ancient Sanskrit scriptures of Hinduism
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (Sanskrit: बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्, IAST: Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad) is one of the Principal Upanishads, associated with Shukla Yajurveda and is one of the first Upanishadic scriptures of Hinduism. A key scripture to various schools of Hinduism, the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is tenth in the Muktikā or "canon of 108 Upanishads". The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is estimated to have been composed about 7th–6th century BCE. The Sanskrit text is preserved in two recensions, Mādhyandina and Kāṇva, and survives in medieval palm‑leaf manuscripts, the oldest of which date to the 12th century CE. Extant manuscripts are held in the National Archives of Nepal (via the Nepal–German Manuscript Preservation Project), the Sarasvati Bhavana Granthalaya in Varanasi, and later paper manuscripts in the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune. The Sanskrit language text is contained within the Shatapatha Brahmana, which is itself a part of the Shukla Yajur Veda. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad...
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