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- Upanishad - Isha, Katha, Kena, and Maitrayani Upanishads in HTML and Pdf format. Also a brief introduction to Upanishads.
- Essentials of the Upanishads - Detailed essay on the Upanishads, with quotes and background information. Includes downloadable e-book of the Isa Upanishad.
- The Upanishads - A translation of 11 Upanishads by Swami Nikhilananda.
- The Upanishads - Introduction to the Upanishads with comments on individual Upanishads.
- Kena Upanishad - An English translation of the Kena Upanishad (also known as the Talavakara Upanishad) by F.Max Mueller.
- Hinduwebsite: Upanishads Home Page - Presents original English translations of several Upanishads, writings, commentaries and essays on the philosophy of the Upanishads
- The Upanishads: Max Mueller - Complete text of Muellers' two volume Sacred Books of the East translation of the Upanishads.
- Realization.org: Isa Upanishad - An English translation of the Isa Upanishad by F. Max Mueller.
- Indian Philosphy from Upanishadic Theism to Scientific Realism - Describes the development of Indian philosophy after the development of the Upanishads. Includes a discussion of the Nyaya Sutras, and the atomic theories of Buddhist and Jain philosophers.
- Katha Upanishad - A translation of the text with a brief note on how Katha Upanishad is the original title source for Somerset Maugham's novel The Razor's Edge.
Wikipedia Articles
- Mukhya Upanishads - The Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads is headed by 10 Mukhya Upanishads. These are the ten oldest Upanishads, known to and commented upon by the 9th century scholar Shankara.
- Samanya Vedanta Upanishads - Of the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads, 21 are considered Sāmānya ("common", or "general") Vedānta Upanishads. These are the Upanishads accepted by all Vedantic schools as śruti, and are not idiosyncratic to any school (Vaishna, Shaiva, Yoga, Shakta).
- Minor Upanishads (book) - Minor Upanishads is a book by Swami Madhavananda that contains following eight Upanishads:
- Viveka Chudamani - The Viveka Chudamani, literally "The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom" is a famous work by Adi Shankara that expounds advaita vedanta philosophy. Having written commentaries to Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Brahma Sutras Adi Shankara composed many sub-texts in simple Sanskrit, called PrakaraNa Granthams with the objective of reaching the message of the Vedas and Upanishads to the laymen.
- Isha Upanishad - The Isha Upanishad (, in sandhi Ishopanishad , also ), is a Sanskrit poem (or sequence of mantras) from the Upanishads and is considered Śruti by followers of a number of diverse traditions within Hinduism. It is one of the smaller texts of the Upanishads (18 verses in total) but also one of the most often quoted.