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The Upanishads, Part I

Sacred Books of the East, vol. 1

First written c. 800–300 BCE (principal Upaniṣads)

About this book

The first volume of Müller’s Sacred Books of the East, translating the Chāndogya, Talavakāra (Kena), Aitareya-āraṇyaka, Kauṣītaki-brāhmaṇa and Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Īśā) Upaniṣads, with an introduction. Its version of the sixth book of the Chāndogya, the teaching “that thou art”, shaped the Western reception of Vedānta.

The edition

Title
The Upanishads, Part I: Sacred Books of the East, vol. 1
Translated by
F. Max Müller
Publisher
Clarendon Press, Oxford
Year
1879

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Period

Vedic and Upaniṣadic1500 BCE to 300 BCE

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