ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Upaniads are ancient Indian literature that were written orally in Sanskrit between 700 BCE and 300 BCE. The Upaniads were written in a ritual context as part of a larger group of texts known as the Vedas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. The Upanishads are the philosophical-religious texts of Hinduism (also known as Sanatan Dharma meaning “Eternal Order” or “Eternal Path”) which develop and explain the fundamental tenets of the religion.

Detailed explanation-3: -The beginnings of philosophy and mysticism in Indian religious history occurred during the period of the compilation of the Upanishads, roughly between 700 and 500 bce.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are 13 Upanishads which are most well known or most important – Katha, Kena, Isa, Mundaka, Prasna, Taittiriya, Chhandogya, Brihadaranyaka, Mandukya, Aitareya, Kaushitaki, Svetasvatara and Maitrayani. All the 4 Vedas are compositions of different texts. Upanishads are in the last section of any Vedas.

Detailed explanation-5: -The recognised place, however, for the ancient Upanishads is in the Âranyakas, or forest-books, which, as a rule, form an appendix to the Brâhmanas, but are sometimes included also under the general name of Brâhmana.