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—ancient 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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reveals the mystery of death and in the course of it, expounds the whole Brahmavidyā. Death and life; both are mystery of meaningless without the other. But man, in, in his ignorance is entranced with life and death, the death is, what happens at death and what death is, if anything continuous to exist after death and how it is around this enigma that the teaching of the Kathopaniṣad revolves. The God of death himself teaches Naciketas, the secret of death, the immortality of the real. The Kathopaniṣad is both historically and philosophically occupies a unique position in Indian thought. Praśnopanisad The Pra.Up. is also named as Ṣatpraśnopaniṣad belongs to the Atharvaveda. Pippalāda is the principal teacher in the Upanisad. One uniform idea runs through the Praśna, Mundaka, and Māṇḍūkya Upanisads. Six seekers of Brahman go to the sage Pippalāda and put to him six questions. These questions and answers form the substance of the Upanisad. The first question is the most general. It deals with the creation or cosmogony. The second question refers to the Devas who support man and enlighten the senses and the constituents of 44
