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Upanishad

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature dealing with metaphysical questions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Vedanta philosophy developed from the pantheistic views of the Upanishads

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उपनिषद् (upaniṣad).

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Angika: उपनिषद (upniṣad) — Hindu text
  • Assamese: উপনিষদ (upnixod) — Hindu text
  • Bengali: উপনিষদ্ (uponiśod) — Hindu text
  • Bhojpuri: उपनिषद (upəniṣad) — Hindu text
  • Chinese Cantonese: 奧義書 /奥义书 — Hindu text
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奧義書 /奥义书 (àoyìshū) — Hindu text
  • Wu Chinese: 奧義書 /奥义书 — Hindu text
  • Finnish: upanishad — Hindu text
  • French: upanishad — Hindu text
  • German: Upanischad — Hindu text
  • Greek: ουπανισάντ (oupanisánt) — Hindu text
  • Gujarati: ઉપનિષદ (upaniṣad) — Hindu text
  • Hindi: उपनिषद् (upniṣad) — Hindu text
  • Japanese: ウパニシャッド (upanishaddo) — Hindu text
  • Kannada: ಉಪನಿಷತ್ (upaniṣat) — Hindu text
  • Konkani: उपनिषद् (upniṣad) — Hindu text
  • Korean: 우파니샤드 (Upanisyadeu) — Hindu text
  • Malayalam: ഉപനിഷത്ത് (upaniṣattŭ) — Hindu text
  • Manipuri: ꯎꯄꯅꯤꯁꯗ (ʼupanisada) — Hindu text
  • Marathi: उपनिषद (upniṣad) — Hindu text
  • Nepali: उपनिषद् (upaniṣad) — Hindu text
  • Newar: उपनिषद् (upaniṣad) — Hindu text
  • Odia: ଉପନିଷଦ (upaniṣada) — Hindu text
  • Odia: ଉପନିଷଦ୍ (upaniṣad) — Hindu text
  • Odia: ଉପନିଷତ୍ (upaniṣat) — Hindu text
  • Persian: اوپانیشاد — Hindu text
  • Punjabi: ਉਪਨਿਸ਼ਦ (upaniśad) — Hindu text
  • Punjabi: اپنشد — Hindu text
  • Russian: Упаниша́ды (Upanišády) — Hindu text
  • Sanskrit: उपनिषद् (upaniṣad) — Hindu text
  • Sindhi: اپنشد (āp̃śd) — Hindu text
  • Tamil: உபநிடதம் (upaniṭatam) — Hindu text
  • Telugu: ఉపనిషత్తు (upaniṣattu) — Hindu text
  • Urdu: اپنیشد — Hindu text
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