The Principal Upanisads

Contents Preface 5 Scheme of Transliteration 13 List of Abbreviations 14 Introduction 15 I. General Influence 17 II. The Term 'Upanisad' 19 III. Number, Date and Authorship 20 IV. The Upanisads as the Vedanta 24 V. Relation to he Vedas: The Rg Veda 27 VI. The Yajur, the Sama and the Atharva Vedas 44 VII. The Brahmanas 46 VIII. The Aranyakas 47 IX. The Upanisads 48 X. Ultimate Reality: Brahman 52 XI. Ultimate Reality : Atman 73 XII. Brahman as Atman 77 XIII. The Status of the World and the Doctrine of Maya and Avidya 78 XIV. The Individual Self 90 XV. Knowledge and Ignorance 95 XVI. Ethics 104 XVII. Karma and Rebirth 113 XVIII. Life Eternal 117 XIX. Religion 131 TEXT, TRANSLATION AND NOTES I. Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad 147 II. Chandogya Upanisad 335 III. Aitareya Upanisad 513 IV. Taittiriya Upanisad 525 V. Isa Upanisad 565 VI. Kena Upanisad 579 VII. Katha Upanisad 593 VIII. Prasna Upanisad 649 IX. Mundaka Upanisad 669 X. Mandukya Upanisad 693 XI. Svetasvatara Upanisad XII. Kausitaki Brahmana Upanisad 707 XIII. Maitri Upanisad 751 XIV. Subala Upanisad 793 XV. Jabala Upanisad 861 XVI. Paingala Upanisad 893 XVII. Kaivalya Upanisad 901 XVIII. Vajrasucika Upanisad 925 Appendices 933 (a) Rabindranath Tagore on The Upanisads 939 (b) Edmond Holmes on The Upanisads 945 Selected Bibliography 951 General Index 953