Major reference work on Hinduism, important Upanishadic texts. used widely as text. quantity price information available.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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But, Indian print edition is cheap and falls apart!,
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This review is from: The Principal Upanishads: Edited with Introduction, Text, Translation and Notes (Paperback)
S. Radhakrishnan is a towering figure in the history of commentary on the religious literature, and his translation of the Upanishads (and the Gita and the Dhammapada) are among my bedside bibles. I am only writing this review in the hopes that it will be read by someone at Harper that will be able to see that a better-quality editing is printed. I certainly have not abused mine, and it is falling apart (pages coming out). This is the second one I have bought. The first one also fell apart and the pages became yellow way before their time. I am sure that this has to do with the quality of the Indian printing and the effort to use inexpensive materials. This great book deserves to stay in print; the introduction by Mr. Radhakrishnan are truly inspired and extremely informative, not only on the content of the Upanishads but also for the references to other literature--Mr. Radhakrishnan was a brilliant, extremely well-read person. PLEASE. Print this book in a better-quality editing. I'll by a dozen to give to my friends.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Exceptional Translation of Upanishads,
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This review is from: The Principal Upanishads: Edited with Introduction, Text, Translation and Notes (Paperback)
The book is one of the best English translations of the Upanishads I have read. It thoroughly captures and beautifully preserves the mystical content and meaning of the Upanishad verses. I highly recommend the title to serious students of Hindu mysticism for reading and study. ...Marc
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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My UK paperback edition is holding up well after 42 years of use,
This review is from: The Principal Upanishads: Edited with Introduction, Text, Translation and Notes (Paperback)
THE PRINCIPAL UPANISHADS. Edited with Introduction, Text, Translation and Notes by S. Radhakrishnan. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1968 (1953). Paperback, 958 pages. SBN 042940478
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), Indian philosopher and statesman, was the first Vice-President of India (1952-1962) and its second President (1962-1967). Coming as he did from a country wise enough to choose highly intelligent and accomplished men for its leaders, it's no surprise to find him treating the traditional wisdom of his country with artistry, insight, and an impressive and scholarly thoroughness, and giving us a book that still remains the best edition of the Upanishads ever published for English readers. After a 130-page Introduction, we are then given the complete texts of eighteen Upanishads, verse-by-verse, in Romanized Sanskrit and an English translation that reads very well indeed and in which one detects the author's desire to capture something of the poetic beauty of these texts. Many of the verses are followed by further explanations of the Sanskrit terms along with an abundance of extremely interesting and useful notes which throw light on the text from various angles and which are based mainly upon, and often quote passages in Sanskrit from, the commentarial literature (especially Shankara). The book is rounded out with a Bibliography and a General Index. Perhaps enough has been said to indicate that Radhakrishnan's 'The Principal Upanishads' is an edition for the serious student. Newcomers to the Upanishads who have no previous exposure to Sanskrit would probably be better off starting with a simpler treatment such as Swami Prabhavananda and Frederick Manchester The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal. This too, in its own way, is an excellent edition and I think they would find it much more approachable. Another excellent edition that would require less of a commitment is Swami Nikhilananda's abridged translation The Principal Upanishads. For other translations see my Listmania list on the Upanishads. Sadly, although Radhakrishnan's is the finest English edition of the Upanishads ever to appear, and the only one, so far as I know, that also gives us the Romanized Sanskrit of these extremely important texts, recent Indian reprints have generally been of very inferior quality. Apart from their obscenely inflated price, they are poorly printed on cheap paper with wretched glued spines that crack when opened and seem almost to have been deliberately designed to self-destruct after minimal use. The only solution to this problem is, of course, not to buy them but to search instead for a used copy of an earlier UK printing, perhaps at Amazon UK. These were well-printed on good quality paper, had stitched bindings that opened flat, and even as mere paperbacks were in sturdy enough paper covers to last, as mine has, for over forty years. I wish you luck in your search.
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