jnana-kanda
ज्ञानकाण्ड jñānakāṇḍaThe 'knowledge portion' of the Veda, the Upanishads, concerned with liberating knowledge of the Self, as distinct from the karma-kanda.
Where this term appears
- The Three Paths to Liberation: Karma, Bhakti and Jnana Essentials
The second is the jnana-kanda , the "knowledge portion": the Upanishads that close the Veda, which turn from doing to knowing, from the rite to the reality behind it, and ask what the self and the cosmos ultima…
- The Layers of the Word Treatise
Karma-kanda and jnana-kanda Later tradition gave this internal split a name, and the name is worth knowing precisely because it can mislead.
- The Sitting-Near Treatise
The Aranyakas and Upanishads are the jnana-kanda , the portion concerned with jnana , knowledge.