Nachiketa’s questions to Yama on death, the self and what does not die.
कठोपनिषद्
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मुख्य उपनिषदः
The early Upanishads that later Vedānta schools keep returning to.
Open the textUpanishadsईशावास्योपनिषद्
A short Upanishad on living in a world already filled by the Lord.
Open the textUpanishadsमाण्डूक्योपनिषद्
Twelve mantras on Om and the four states of the self.
Open the textUpanishadsछान्दोग्योपनिषद्
A long Upanishad of the Samaveda, including the teaching “tat tvam asi”.
Open the textUpanishadsबृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्
A large Upanishad of the Yajurveda, with Yajnavalkya’s debates on the self.
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