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.

Derived terms

• Upanishadic

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 (ʼupanisada)
• Marathi: उपनिषद (upniṣad)
• Nepali: उपनिषद् (ne) (upaniṣad)
• Newar: उपनिषद् (upaniṣad)
• Odia: ଉପନିଷଦ (upaniṣada), ଉପନିଷଦ୍ (upaniṣad), ଉପନିଷତ୍ (upaniṣat)
• Persian: اوپانیشاد (fa)
• Punjabi: ਉਪਨਿਸ਼ਦ m (upaniśad)

  Western Punjabi: اپنشد (pnb)

• Russian: Упаниша́ды f pl (Upanišády)
• Sanskrit: उपनिषद् (sa) f (upaniṣad)
• Sindhi: اپنشد (āp̃śd)
• Tamil: உபநிடதம் (ta) (upaniṭatam)
• Telugu: ఉపనిషత్తు (te) (upaniṣattu)
• Urdu: اپنیشد

See also

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