Guest guest Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 Dear all,Namastea few days ago I was talking with someone about Veda, Vedanta and Upanishads. He surprised me by saying that he was confused as to whether there are four Vedantas? I could clarify but started to wonder myself now. Of course there are not 4 Vedantas, how could there be, but: Is there a reason why certain Upanishads are attached to certain Vedas? For example do they follow a similar metre ? Om ShantiSitara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 An Upanishad is not " attached " to a given Veda but is rather a part of a given Veda. For example, chapters 7,8,9 of the Taittiriya Aranyaka, which is a section of the Yajurveda, are together called the Taittiriya Upanishad. Likewise, chapter 10 of the Taittiriya Aranyaka is called the Mahanarayana Upanishad. This has nothing to do with meter etc, as many of the Upanishads are in prose.In a historical context, perhaps one could say that certain sections of the Veda-s that were of a " philosophical " nature acquired an identity of their own and came to be called Upanishads. shrI gurubhyo namaHRameshOn 6 February 2010 14:17, Sitara <smitali17 wrote: Dear all,Is there a reason why certain Upanishads are attached to certain Vedas? Om ShantiSitara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 advaitin , Ramesh Krishnamurthy <rkmurthy wrote: > > An Upanishad is not " attached " to a given Veda but is rather a part of a given Veda. > > In a historical context, perhaps one could say that certain sections of the Veda-s that were of a " philosophical " nature acquired an identity of their own and came to be called Upanishads. > > shrI gurubhyo namaH > Ramesh > Namaste. It could also be noted that the word 'Upanishad' is itself an UpaniSahdic one. We have, for example, in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: 'tam tu aupaniShadam puruSham pRcchAmi' (3.9.26) {I ask of you about - to teach me - the PuruSha that is known/knowable only from the Upanishads}. The Taittiriya Upanishad also has this word: 'ityupaniShat'. For an elaborate study of the above one may refer to pages 467 - 469 of the Book: Sridakshinamurtistotram Vol I authored by Sri D.S.Subbaramaiya. Om Tat Sat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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