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Sacred Learning

Principal Upanishads

A teaching circle of thirteen Upanishads held close in this library.

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The ten mukhya Upanishads are the set Śaṅkara commented and that Vedānta teaching still treats as first hearing: Īśā, Kena, Kaṭha, Praśna, Muṇḍaka, Māṇḍūkya, Taittirīya, Aitareya, Chāndogya, Bṛhadāraṇyaka. This library adds Śvetāśvatara, Kauṣītaki and Maitrāyaṇīya because they are widely studied companions in the same public conversation — not because a second ‘top thirteen’ has been invented. Other Upanishads remain honoured on the Muktika index.

Isha Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Shukla Yajurveda. Kena Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Samaveda. Katha Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Krishna Yajurveda. Prashna Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Atharvaveda. Mundaka Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Atharvaveda. Mandukya Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Atharvaveda. Taittiriya Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Krishna Yajurveda. Aitareya Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Rigveda. Chandogya Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Samaveda. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Shukla Yajurveda. Shvetashvatara Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Krishna Yajurveda. Kaushitaki Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Rigveda. Maitrayaniya Upanishad Traditionally heard with the Krishna Yajurveda.