Text and authority in the older Upaniṣads / by Signe Cohen.

• Superior document: Brill's Indological library, v. 30
• Author: Cohen, Signe.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Indological library ; v. 30.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Notes: Based on the author's dissertation (University of Pennsylvania).

The Upaniṣads have often been treated as a unified corpus of religious and philosophical texts, separate from the older Vedic tradition. It is well known that the Upaniṣads were initially composed and transmitted within specific schools of Vedic recitation, or Śākhās, but the Śākhā affiliation of ea...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Materials / S. Cohen
• Introduction / S. Cohen
• Chapter One. Textual Criticism And Mnemonic Texts / S. Cohen
• Chapter Two. Philosophical And Religious Themesin The Upaniṣads / S. Cohen
• Chapter Three. The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Four. The Chāndogya Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Five. The Aitareya Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Six. The Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Seven. The Taittirīya Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Eight. The Īśā Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Nine. The Praśna Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Ten. The Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Eleven. The Kaṭha Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Twelve. The Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Thirteen. The Kena Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Fourteen. The Maitrī Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Fifteen. The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Sixteen. The Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Seven. Teenthe Kaivalya Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Chapter Eighteen. The Bāṣkalamantra Upaniṣad / S. Cohen
• Conclusion / S. Cohen
• Bibliography / S. Cohen
• Index / S. Cohen.