Essay name: The concept of Creation in the Major Upanisads
Author:
C. Poulose
Affiliation: Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit / Department of Sanskrit Vedanta
This study deals with the Concept of Creation according to the Major Upanishads鈥攁ncient Indian scriptures that form a crucial part of Vedic literature and Indian philosophy. The present research investigates the Upanisadic philosophy in general as well as the school of Advaita Vedanta and other Indian philosophical traditions that incorporate Upanishadic teachings.
Chapter 2 - Major Upanishads
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combining karma with the worship of deity (inferior knowledge of
god) and of combining worship of Hiranyagarbha with the worship
of Avyaktam or unborn prak峁泃i is mentioned in the Upani峁d.
This Upanisad is named as I艣a or I艣膩v膩sya because the
opening word of the Upanisad bears that expression. Though this is
one of the smallest Upanisads comprising just 18 hymns as
contrasted to the B峁沨ad膩ra峁噛aka and Chandogya, it is held in high
esteem as it covers succinctly the fundamental topics of Ved膩nta.
Each verse of this Upanisad is not only cryptic but it contains
technical terms with abstract meanings allowing for more than
interpretation. Even the main teaching related to the nature of
Reality, it give the hiding scope of the concept of creation. But this
Upanisad starts with the conclusion of the concept of creation.
Kenopanisad
The Kenopani峁d also named as Talavak膩ra belongs to the
S膩maveda. It is so called because it begins with the word kena or
by whom. The question raised in this Upanisad is 'By whom are all
the faculties in us willed and directed?'
The Kenopanisad is a small text in four parts or khandas. It
deals with the nature of Brahman and knowledge of the self. The
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