Upanishad · Shruti
Taittiriya Upanishad
A Black Yajurveda Upanishad; source of the teaching of the five sheaths (koshas), from the body of food inward to the sheath of bliss.
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Appears in
- The Taittiriya Upanishad: the ladder of selves, from food to bliss Treatise
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- What are the Upanishads? Scriptures
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- The Unwritten Library Treatise
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