Sacred Learning
Principal Upanishads
A teaching circle of thirteen Upanishads held close in this library.
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.
Another name lives in this circle. Try Gāyatrī, Oṃ, or ṚV.
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.