The Upanishads, Part 1 [Paperback]

F. Max Muller (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1962

Volume 1 of the definitive, scholarly English translation of one of the great religious and philosophical classics of the East. Included are the 12 classical upanishads: Chandogya, Kena, Aitareya, Kaushitaki, Isa, Katha, Mundaka, Taittiriyaka, Brhadaranyaka, Svetasvatara, Prasna, Maitriyana. Fully annotated with a 160-page introduction and analysis by Professor Muller, distinguished Indologist.

Product Details

• Paperback: 421 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1962)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 048620992X
• ISBN-13: 978-0486209920
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #627,371 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Bible & Other Sacred Texts > Upanishads

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5.0 out of 5 stars Max Muller's Upanisads, June 7, 2001

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Rosario Diaz Ahumada (Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Upanishads, Part 1 (Paperback)

Either if you are doing research on the area or are just looking for spiritual development, this is the book you should buy. Beautiful Upanisads from India, Himalayas of the soul as they have been called, are full of enchantment and inspiration for the one who reads them. Oneness of the soul with god, oneness of the people within them and with the earth, the creative power of sound, eternity of the soul and reencarnation are some of the themes touched by the Upanisads. I am a Hindu Philosophy student and among all of the translations made of the Upanisads, I have found these to be the best. Max Muller writes in a very comprehensive way things that regularly are rather complicated, without loosing a bit of the poetic and mystical content of the Upanisads.