Research Catalog

Title

Upaniṣads / translated from the original Sanskrit by Patrick Olivelle.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

Olivelle, Patrick.

Description

lx, 446 p. : map; 20cm.

Summary

Presents the first major English translation of the ancient Upaniṣads in over half a century. Includes an introduction and note on the translation by the translator, a guide to Sanskrit pronunciation, and a list of names.

Series Statement

Oxford world's classics

Uniform Title

• Upanishads. Selections. English.
• Oxford world's classics.

Subjects

• Hinduism
• Vedic literature

Note

• Originally published: 1996.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. xvi-xxii) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Sanskrit.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction. The social background of the Upaniṣads -- The literary history of the Upaniṣads -- Vedic rituals -- Vedic cosmologies -- Human physiology and psychology -- Cosmic connections -- Upaniṣads. Br̥hadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad -- Chāndogya Upaniṣad -- Taittirīya Upaniṣad -- Aitareya Upaniṣad -- Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad -- Kena Upaniṣad -- Kaṭha Upaniṣad -- Īśā Upaniṣad -- Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad -- Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad -- Praśna Upaniṣad -- Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad.

ISBN

• 9780199540259
• 019954025X

LCCN

^^2008273813

OCLC

• 191752412
• SCSB-11587441

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library