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The Ten Principal Upanishads

 
Shri Purohit Swami (Author) W.B. Yeats (Author)
Synopsis

Upanishads are a group of texts in Hindu sacred literature that are considered to reveal the ultimate truth and whose knowledge is considered to lead to spiritual emancipation. In the Upanishads, we find the finest flowering of the Indian metaphysical and speculative thought. They are utterances of seers who spoke out of the fullness of their illumined experience. Upanishad is derived from upa (near), ni (down) and sad (to sit). Hence, the term implies the pupils, intent on learning, sitting near the teacher to acquire knowledge and truth. There are over 200 Upanishads but the traditional number is 108. And out of them only ten are the principal Upanishads: Isha, Kena, Katha, Prashan, Mundaka, Mandukya, Tattiriya, Aitareya, Chhandogya and Brihadaranyaka. This book is a forerunner in introducing these primary Upanishads to the uninitiated. Being fluent in Sanskrit and English, Shree Purohit Swami was instrumental in popularising the wisdom of Indian spirituality and philosophy through his translations of ancient Indian texts. His other books include The Geeta: The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna, The Song of Silence, Aphorisms of Yoga, In Quest of Myself, Harbinger of Love, Honeycomb and Gunjarao. This book has been co-translated by the noted Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939).

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About the author

Shri Purohit Swami

Shri Purohit Swami received his education at Morris College, Nagpur; Deccan College, Pune, and at Bombay University. He had a flair for learning languages and showed great promise as a writer of Marathi. He was also a fervent nationalist, and his defence of Tilak was proscribed by the British Government. After becoming a sannyasin, he went to the West in 1930 to interpret India's ancient wisdom to the world at large. His books and translations include: Song of Silence; An Indian Monk; The Geeta; The Holy Mountain; Ten Principal Upanishads (with W.B. Yeats); Patanjali's Aphorisms of Yoga; Avadhoota Gita.

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Bibliographic information

Title The Ten Principal Upanishads
Format Softcover
Date published: 31.12.2019
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Rupa & Co.
Language: English
isbn 9789386869487
length 160p., 7.00 X 4.50cm.