Talk:The Names of Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad
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By Vishal Agarwal
Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad is so called because Īshāvāsya is the first word of this text[1]. The text is known by a few alternative names-
- Īshopaniṣhad – This is just a short version of the name Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad.
- Vājasneyi Upaniṣhad – the Shukla Yajurveda recensions are also known as Vājasneyī Shākhā because it is believed that they were revealed by Sūrya Devatā, taking the form of a horse (vāji) to Maharṣhi Yājnavalkya.
- Vājasneya Saṃhitopaniṣhad or Mantropaniṣhad – So called because it is in the Shukla Yajurveda (Vājasneyi) Saṃhita, which is a collection of all mantras of these recensions.
- Brahmasūkta (hymn related to Brahman), Adhyātmādhyāya (chapter on the Ātmā), and so on.
For our purposes, we will use only the name ‘Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad’ in this commentary and use this name to denote the Kāṇva version of the scripture.
References[edit]
- ↑ Similarly, ‘Kena’ is the first word of the Kena Upaniṣhad.