The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" (mukhya) Upanishads commented upon by Shankara. It is associated with the White Yajurveda and the Shatapatha Brahmana. It figures as number 10 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. The Upanishads (; Devanagari ) are part of the Hindu Shruti scriptures which primarily discuss meditation and philosophy and are seen as religious instructions by most schools of Hinduism. ... Shankara can refer to: Shiva, the Hindu god Adi Shankara, Hindu philosopher of around the year 800 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... ... Shatapatha Brahmana (Brahmana of one-hundred paths) is one of the prose texts describing the Vedic ritual. ... The Muktikā (deliverance) Upanishad is the final Upanishad of the Advaita canon of 108 texts, and it is itself the source of this canon. ...

It is widely known for its philosophical statements, and is ascribed to Yajnavalkya. Its name is literally translated as "great-forest-book". It includes three sections, namely, Madhu Kanda, Muni Kanda (or Yajnavalkya Kanda) and Khila Kanda. The Madhu Kanda explains the teachings of the basic identity of the individual and the Atman. Muni Kanda includes the conversations between the sage Yajnavalkya and his wife, Maitreyi. Various methods of worship and meditation are dealt in the Khila Kanda. The doctrine of "neti neti" ("neither this, nor that") is found in this Upanishad which can be intepreted as the negation of all conceptions of self, which is similar to the Anatta doctrine of Buddhism. These five broad types of question are not the only subjects of philosophical inquiry, and there are many overlaps between the categories which are subsumed within the discipline under the four major headings of Logic, Ontology, Epistemology, and Axiology. ... Sage Yajnavalkya of Mithila (perhaps 1800 BC) advanced a 95-year cycle to synchronize the motions of the sun and the moon. ... This is a disambiguation page for the term atman (or atma). ... Neti Neti:Not This Not This the unspeakable truth about reality. ... The term conception can refer to more than one meaning: Concept Fertilisation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Self might refer to various different things: Look up self on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Some say that the self endures after death, some say it perishes. ... A replica of an ancient statue of Gautama Buddha, found from Sarnath, near Varanasi Buddhism, a religion and philosophy from ancient India, is based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, of the Shakyas. ...

See also

• Aranyaka

The Aranyakas (Sanskrit आरण्यक, Forest Books, Forest Treatises) are part of the Hindu Shruti; these religious scriptures are sometimes argued to be part of either the Brahmanas or Upanishads. ...

External links

• Translations by: Sri Aurobindo[[1]], Swami Nikhilananda[[2]], Max Müller[[3]]

Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, Hindu mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru. ... Swami Nikhilananda (1895-1973), was an initiated disciple of Sri Sarada Devi. ... Max Müller Friedrich Max Müller (i dont know when he was alive), more commonly known as Max Müller, was a German-born British Philologist and Orientalist, one of the founders of Indian studies, who virtually created the discipline of comparative religion. ...

Literature

Emile Senart , Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad, Belles Lettres (1967) ISBN 2251353011