Kauṣītaki-Brāhmaṇa Upanishad
Also called the Kauṣītaki-Upanishad. From the Kauṣītaki school of the Ṛgveda. Treats the doctrine of prāṇa (life-breath) as the supreme, the path of the gods (devayāna) versus the path of the fathers (pitṛyāna), and the dialogue between Citra Gāṅgyāyani and Śvetaketu.
Source context· Indian stream · Ancient Indian cultural impulse
- Stream
- Indian
- Cultural impulse
- Ancient Indian (1st post-Atlantean cultural age)
- Composed
- c. 600 BCE
- Written down
- Greco-Latin (4th post-Atlantean cultural age) manuscript epoch
- 1Kaushîtaki-Brâhmana-Upanishad
Post-mortem journey of the soul, cosmic interrogation at the threshold, and the path to Brahman
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