Upanishad · Shruti
Aitareya Upanishad
A Rigvedic Upanishad; source of the great saying prajnanam brahma, 'consciousness is Brahman.'
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Appears in
- The Aitareya Upanishad: the Self that entered through the skull Treatise
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- What are the Upanishads? Scriptures
The Upanishads are a body of Sanskrit texts, the latest layer of the Veda, composed across several centuries beginning around the 7th to 6th century BCE. The two…
- The Unwritten Library Treatise
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