Upanishads and their Vedas.

pwyzlic pwyzlic at pwyz.rhein.de
Mon Oct 7 16:34:57 UTC 1996


On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Anshuman Pandey wrote:

> I am looking for a comprehensive source which would provide me with a
> listing of the Upanishads (the "genuine" 108 and perhaps the "ingenuine"
> ones as well) and the Vedas/Vedic schools to which they belong.
> 
> I realize that there is one Upanishad which lists all 108 (the name eludes
> me at the present, Muktikopanishad (?) perhaps), but am unaware as to 
> whether or not it provides the name of the respective Veda from which it
> comes.

The colophon says:

	iti "suklayajurvedagataa muktikopani.sat samaaptaa

To be found in (English title): Ii"saadi-a.s.tottara"satopani.sada
with different readings and explanatory notes. Comp. & ed. by Vasudev
Lakshman Panashikar. (Repr.) Varanasi: Chowkhamba Vidyabhawan 1990
(originally a Nirnaya Sagara edition, photomechanically reproduced).

I think there are other Upanishad collections out there that contain
this text, too.

> I also browsed Renou's 'Vedic Literature' and a few others which outline
> and classify these types of texts, but was left empty-handed. In any case,
> I'd much appreciate if anyone could point me in the direction of any
> sources which would provide me with the information I seek.

If you want an overview you may take L'Inde Classique. In one of the
appendices you will find a list of all the Upanishads mentioned in the
Muktika. If my memory serves me right, Renou and Filliozat give also
other lists (from Max Mueller and (?) Albrecht Weber).

Hope this helps.

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