01786nam a22002057a 4500 OSt 20260707100838.0 260707b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789365235197 AACR-II 294.59218 UPA Translated by Jha, Nachiketa 20798 Upanisads New Delhi Aleph 2026 455 p. For thousands of years, the Upaniṣads have shaped India’s spiritual imagination and defined the foundations of Vedānta philosophy. In this magnificent new translation, Nachiketa Jha brings to life ten key Upaniṣads—Aitareya, Īśa, Kaṭha, Kena, Chāndogya, Taittirīya, Praśna, Bṛhadāraṇyaka, Māṇḍūkya, and Muṇḍaka—together with a lucid, deeply informed commentary grounded in Śaṅkarācārya’s classical exegesis. Clear, faithful, and eminently readable, this edition reveals the Upaniṣads not as remote metaphysical treatises but as vibrant explorations of consciousness, ethics, reality, and the self. Jha’s substantial introduction maps their central ideas—Brahman, ātman, māyā, prāṇa, knowledge, and liberation—and situates them within contemporary debates on consciousness and science, showing why these ancient works continue to be relevant in the twenty-first century. Whether read for their philosophical rigour, spiritual insight, or literary beauty, the Upaniṣads offer a transformative encounter with some of humanity’s oldest and most profound enquiries—who are we, and what is the ultimate truth? This meticulous compendium is an invitation to ‘sit close and listen’, in the old tradition of upa-ni-ṣad. Vedic literature 20799 Religions of Indic origin 20800 ddc B 0 0 ddc 0 0 LBSNAA LBSNAA 2026-07-07 999.00 1 294.59218 UPA 185931 2026-08-03 2026-07-13 2026-07-07 B 361591 361591