[INDOLOGY] Mundaka Upanishad

[Lindquist, Steven]

I don’t believe such phrasing is in the Brihad either, but there are resonances (along with Madhav’s suggestion) in the Brahmavallī of TU (for example, 2.8-9 and a parallel in BAU 4.3.33, on degrees of bliss that culminate with brahman and then discuss death, i.e., a return).


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From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of Victor Van Bijlert via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
To: Patrick Olivelle <jpo at austin.utexas.edu>, Harsha Dehejia <harshadehejia at hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Mundaka Upanishad
I think this passage sounds more like Taittiryiya or Brihad Aranyaka. If you use Jacob you could perhaps find the passage by looking for ananda.
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I do not think there is any such expression in the Muṇḍaka.




On Jan 15, 2025, at 9:56 PM, Harsha Dehejia via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

Friends:

Could you please give me the exact quote in Sanskrit from the Mundaka which goes something like this:

Brahman is joy, through joy it expresses and into joy it returns.

Kind regards,

Harsha
Harsha V. Dehejia

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