The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (444 page)
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yaka Upani
ad
hadrayaka Upaniad(Skt., ‘of the Great Forest’). The longest and perhaps oldest of the principal Upani
ads. Composed in prose style between c.8th and 6th cents. BCE, it consists of six chapters attached to the final book of the
atapatha Br
hma
a
. The central religious and philosophical themes adumbrated in this Upani
ad have been variously interpreted in important commentaries by
a
kara
,
R
m
nuja
, and other pivotal religious thinkers of Hinduism.
ads. Composed in prose style between c.8th and 6th cents. BCE, it consists of six chapters attached to the final book of theatapatha Brhmaa. The central religious and philosophical themes adumbrated in this Upani
ad have been variously interpreted in important commentaries byakara,
R
mnuja, and other pivotal religious thinkers of Hinduism.
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