Upanishad

[u:'pæniʃәd]

Definition

(noun.) 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'.

Typist: Louis--From WordNet

Definition

n. in Sanskrit literature a name given to a class of treatises of theosophic and philosophical character more or less closely connected with the Br鈎manas which are theological prose-works attached to each of the four collections (Samhit) forming the Veda.

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