| Vajrasuchi Upanishad | |
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| Devanagari | वज्रसूची |
| IAST | Vajrasūcī |
| Title means | diamond-pointed needle[1] |
| Type | Samanya[2] |
| Linked Veda | Samaveda[3] |
| Chapters | 1 |
| Verses | 9 |
| Philosophy | Vedanta[3] |
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The Vajrasuchi Upanishad (Sanskrit: वज्रसूची उपनिषत्, IAST: Vajrasūcī Upaniṣad) is an important Sanskrit text and an Upanishad of Hinduism. It is classified as one of the 22 Samanya (general) Upanishads, and identified as a Vedanta text.[3][2] It is attached to the Samaveda.[3]
The text discusses the four varnas also called 'caste'. It is notable for being a systematic philosophical work against the division of human beings, and for asserting that any human being can achieve the highest spiritual state of existence.[4]
- ^ Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages, Oxford University Press (Reprinted: Motilal Banarsidass), ISBN 978-8120831056, Article on Vajrasuci, page 914
- ^ a b Aiyar 1914, p. vii.
- ^ a b c d Tinoco 1996, p. 87.
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