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The Upanishads, Part I (SBE Vol. 1), trans. F. Max Muller

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Now that which is that subtle essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the Self, and thou, O Svetaketu, art it.Khandogya-Upanishad VI.8.7 ('Tat tvam asi') — trans. F. Max Muller, SBE Vol. 1 (1879)

The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)

by Max Müller

[1879]

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This is the first volume of the Sacred Books of the East, and the first etext ever prepared for sacred-texts.com. SBE 1 contains the introduction to the entire series, and explains the methodology and conventions used in the rest of the SBE. The Upanishads translated here are the Chandogya, Talavakara, Aitreya-Aranyaka, the Kaushitaki-Brahmana, and the Vajasaneyi Samhita.

Introduction
Khândogya Upanishad
Talavakâra or Kena-Upanishad

Aitareya-Âranyaka
Kaushîtaki-Upanishad
Vâgasaneyi-Samhitâ-Upanishad

Preface to the Sacred Books of the East

Program of a Translation of the Sacred Books of the East

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets

Transliteration Chart, Page 1

Transliteration Chart, Page 2

Transliteration Chart, Page 3

Transliteration Chart, Page 4

Sanskrit Transliteration Chart

Introduction to the Upanishads

First Translation of the Upanishads

Position of the Upanishads in Vedic Literature

Different Classes of Upanishads

Critical Treatment of the Text of the Upanishads

Meaning of the Word Upanishad

Works on the Upanishads

I. The Khândogya-Upanishad

II. The Talavakâra-Upanishad

III. The Aitareya-Âranyaka

IV. The Kaushîtaki-Brâhmana-Upanishad

V. The Vâgasaneyi-Samhitâ-Upanishad

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Kaushîtaki-Upanishad

Vâgasaneyi-Samhitâ-Upanishad, sometimes called Îsâvâsya or Îsâ-Upanishad.