Upanishads


noun, Hinduism.
1.
any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
noun
1.
(Hinduism) any of a class of the Sanskrit sacred books probably composed between 400 and 200 bc and embodying the mystical and esoteric doctrines of ancient Hindu philosophy
Upanishads [(ooh-pah-nuh-shahdz, ooh-pan-uh-shadz)]

A group of writings sacred in Hinduism concerning the relations of humans, God, and the universe.

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