Upanishad

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उपनिषद् (upaniṣad).

Noun

Upanishad (plural Upanishads)

1. Any of a set of authorless Hindu religious and philosophical texts considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas.

Translations

Hindu text

• Angika: उपनिषद (upniṣad)
• Assamese: উপনিষদ (upnixod)
• Bengali: উপনিষদ্ (uponiśod‌)
• Bhojpuri: उपनिषद (upᵊniṣad)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 奧義書／奥义书

  Mandarin: 奧義書／奥义书 (zh) (àoyìshū)

  Wu: 奧義書／奥义书

• Finnish: upanishad
• French: upanishad (fr)
• German: Upanischad (de) f
• Greek: ουπανισάντ (el) n (oupanisánt)
• Gujarati: ઉપનિષદ (upaniṣad)
• Hindi: उपनिषद् (hi) f (upniṣad)
• Japanese: ウパニシャッド (upanishaddo)
• Kannada: ಉಪನಿಷತ್ (kn) (upaniṣat)
• Konkani: उपनिषद् (upniṣad)
• Korean: 우파니샤드 (Upanisyadeu)
• Malayalam: ഉപനിഷത്ത് (ml) (upaniṣattŭ)
• Manipuri: ꯎꯄꯅꯤꯁꯗ (upaneesada)
• Marathi: उपनिषद (upniṣad)
• Nepali: उपनिषद् (ne) (upaniṣad)
• Newar: उपनिषद् (upaniṣad)
• Odia: ଉପନିଷଦ (upanishada), ଉପନିଷଦ୍ (upanishad), ଉପନିଷତ୍ (upanishat)
• Persian: اوپانیشاد (fa)
• Punjabi: ਉਪਨਿਸ਼ਦ m (upaniśad)
• Russian: Упаниша́ды f pl (Upanišády)
• Sanskrit: उपनिषद् (sa) f (upaniṣad)
• Sindhi: اپنشد
• Tamil: உபநிடதம் (ta) (upaniṭatam)
• Telugu: ఉపనిషత్తు (te) (upaniṣattu)
• Urdu: اپنیشد
• Western Panjabi: اپنشد (pnb)

See also

• Aranyaka
• Brahmana
• Itihasa
• Sutra
• Tantra
• Veda