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Upanisads (Oxford World's Classics) by Patrick Olivelle

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Indian and Hindu Texts

Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (June 15, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0199540259
Paperback: 512 pages
About: In the first major English translation of the ancient Upanisads for over half a century, Olivelle's work incorporates the most recent historical and philological scholarship on these central scriptures of Hinduism. Composed at a time of great social, economic, and religious change, the Upanisads document the transition from the archaic ritualism of the Veda into new religious ideas and institutions. The introduction and detailed notes make this edition ideal for the non-specialist as well as for students of Indian religions...

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