Upanishad · Shruti
Prashna Upanishad
An Atharvavedic Upanishad framed as six questions (prashna) put by students to the sage Pippalada, on the origin of beings, the breath, and OM.
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Appears in
- The Prashna Upanishad: six questions, one year of waiting Treatise
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- What are the Upanishads? Scriptures
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- The Unwritten Library Treatise
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