Chandogya Upanishad - 108 Hindu Upanishads

The Chandogya Upanishad is one of the oldest (perhaps "the oldest"), "primary" Upanishads. It is a Mukhya Upanishad, associated with the Samaveda. It figures as number 9 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. It is part of the Chandogya Brahmana which has ten chapters. The first two chapters of the Brahmana deal with sacrifices and other forms of worships. The other eight constitute the Chandogya Upanishad.

Though there are more than one hundred Upanishads, ten are principal. These are known as Dashopanishads and known for their philosophical depth, becoming popular through the commentaries of Adi Shankara.

Along with Brhadaranyaka Upanishad the Chandogyopanishad is an ancient source of principal fundamentals for Vedanta philosophy. Number of references made to this Upanishad in Brahma sutras indicates special importance of this Upanishad in Vedantic philosophy. Important spiritual practices like Dahara vidya, Shandilya vidya, etc. are its speciality.

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108 Hindu Upanishads

The Upanishads are part of the Hindu Shruti scriptures which primarily discuss meditation and philosophy and are seen as religious instructions by most forms of Hinduism.
The Upanishads are mystic or spiritual contemplations of the Vedas, their putative end and essence, and thus known as Vedānta ("the end of the Vedas"). The Sanskrit term upaniṣad derives from upa- (near), ni- (down) and sad (to sit), i.e. referring to the "sitting down near" a spiritual teacher (guru) in order to receive instruction in the Guru-shishya tradition or parampara. The teachers and students appear in a variety of settings (husband answering questions about immortality, a teenage boy being taught by Yama, etc.). Sometimes the sages are women and at times the instructions (or rather inspiration) are sought by kings. Most disciples are men, but not always. A woman disciple, Gargi Vacaknavi, drove the eminent sage Yajnavalkya to fury with her persistent unanswerable questions. The Upanishads were composed over several centuries, the oldest such as the Brhadaranyaka and Chandogya upanisads have been dated to around the tenth century BCE and the later ones to as late as the fifth century BCE. The roots of many Indian religions are built upon the foundation of the Upanishads.

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Rig-Veda - World's Oldest Known Scripture of Hindus

The Rigveda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद Rigveda, a tatpurusha compound of rik "praise, verse" and veda "knowledge") is a collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns counted among the four religious texts known as the Vedas. Geographical and ethnological passages in the Rigveda provide evidence that the Riveda was composed between 1700–1100 BCE during the Vedic period in the Punjab (Sapta Sindhu), making it one of the oldest texts of any Indo-European language and one of the world's oldest religious texts. It was preserved over centuries by oral tradition alone and was probably not put in writing until Late Antiquity or even the early Middle Ages.

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Upanishads - The Treasure Houses of Hindu Wisdom

The Upanishads are part of the Hindu Shruti scriptures which primarily discuss meditation and philosophy and are seen as religious instructions by most forms of Hinduism.

The Upanishads are mystic or spiritual contemplations of the Vedas, their putative end and essence, and thus known as Vedānta ("the end of the Vedas"). The Sanskrit term upaniṣad derives from upa- (near), ni- (down) and sad (to sit), i.e. referring to the "sitting down near" a spiritual teacher (guru) in order to receive instruction in the Guru-shishya tradition or parampara. The teachers and students appear in a variety of settings (husband answering questions about immortality, a teenage boy being taught by Yama, etc.). Sometimes the sages are women and at times the instructions (or rather inspiration) are sought by kings. Most disciples are men, but not always. A woman disciple, Gargi Vacaknavi, drove the eminent sage Yajnavalkya to fury with her persistent unanswerable questions. The Upanishads were composed over several centuries, the oldest such as the Brhadaranyaka and Chandogya upanisads have been dated to around the tenth century BCE and the later ones to as late as the fifth century BCE. The roots of many Indian religions are built upon the foundation of the Upanishads.

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