| Maithili Mahopanishad | |
|---|---|
 Murti of Sita, ISKCON | |
| Devanagari | मैथिलीमहोपनिषद् |
| IAST | Maithilī Mahopaniṣad |
| Title means | The Great Upaniṣad of Maithili (Sita) |
| Date | 10th to 11th Century CE[1][2] |
| Chapters | 5 |
| Philosophy | Vaishnavism |
The Maithili Mahopanishad (Sanskrit: मैथिलीमहोपनिषद्, romanized: Maithilīmahopaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism describing the Videha Kingdom of King Janaka and his rule over the Mithila (region) from the ancient capital city of Janakpurdham where Lord Rama and Princess Sita was married. It is featured in the chapter five of the text Valmiki Samhita.[3]
The Maithili Mahopanishad is among the important texts of the Ramanandi tradition.[4]
- ^ Paramlal Gupta (1973). Hindī ke ādhunika Rāma-kāvya kā anuśīlana. p. 46.
- ^ Balbhadra Tivari (1976). Kavi-var Vishnu Das aur unki Ramayan. p. 54.
- ^ Bhagavānadāsa, Vaishṇava (1992). Ramanand Darshan Samiksha (in Sanskrit and Hindi) (1st ed.). Prajñā Prakāśana Mañca. p. 12.
- ^ Baldev Upadhyay, Acharya (1996). Sanskrit Vangmaya ka Brihat Itihas (in Hindi) (1st ed.). Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan. p. 262.