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INDIAN HISTORY
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The words Satyameva Jayate in the State Emblem of india have been adopted from which one of the following?
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Mundak Upanishad
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Brahma Upanishad
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Mudgala Upanishad
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Maitreyi Upanishad
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The Mundaka Upanishad is an ancient Sanskrit Vedic text, embedded inside Atharva Veda. The Mundaka Upanishad is the source of the phrase SatyamevaJayate, which is the national motto of India.
Detailed explanation-2: -’Satyameva Jayate, ‘ (Truth Alone Triumphs) is part of the first stanza of Shloka 3.1. 6 of Mundakopanishad[1]. Satyameva Jayate was adopted as the motto of the Nation, on India becoming a Republic on 26.1. 1950.
Detailed explanation-3: -2] The words ‘SatyamevaJayate’, written in Devnagari Script, which is also the National Motto of India, are from the ‘Mundaka Upanishad’.
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