Maha Upanishad | |
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Devanagari | महा |
IAST | Mahā |
Title means | Great[1] |
Type | Vaishnava[1] |
Linked Veda | Samaveda[2] |
Chapters | 6 |
Verses | 549[3] |
Philosophy | Vaishnavism |
The Maha Upanishad (Sanskrit: महा उपनिषद्, IAST: Mahā Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism.[4][5] The text is classified as a Samanya Upanishad.
The text exists in two versions, one attached to the Atharvaveda in some anthologies,[6] and another attached to the Samaveda.[5] The Atharvaveda version is shorter, and in prose.[7][8] The Samaveda version is partly in poetic verses.[9]
The Vaishnava Upanishad describes Vishnu as the highest being, and above Brahma.[1] [10] Both groups of texts, however, use reverential words of all Hindu gods, and assert them to be the same Atman-Brahman.[10] The Upanishad presents a syncretism of Vaishnava and Vedanta ideas, and is notable for its teaching of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam", or "the world is one family".[11][12][13]
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