Upanis.ad-s
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Yoga Upa-nis.ad-s
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Atharvan-s`ikha Upa-nis.ad
Om-kara = veda-deva-yoni to be grasped in:
1st |
red Brahman |
2nd |
bright Rudra |
3rd |
black Vis.n.u |
4th |
lightninglike multicolored Purus.a |
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Atharvan-s`iras Upa-nis.ad
5
1st |
red Brahman |
2nd |
black Vis.n.u |
3rd |
brown Is`ana |
4th |
mountain-crystal-colored a-vyakta ("unmanifest") muni-s ("silent ones") |
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As`rama Upa-nis.ad
1 -- Brahma-carin-s
Gayatra |
3 nights |
Brahman.a |
48 years |
Praja-patya |
time of r.tu |
Br.han |
Nais.t.hika |
2 -- Gr.hastha-s
Varttaka-vr.tti |
trade without ill repute |
S`alina-vr.tti |
study & give |
Yayavara |
|
Ghor-samnyasika |
filter their water; pick ears of grain daily |
3 -- Vana-prastha-s
Vaikhanasa |
with creepers on uncultivated land |
Udumbara |
|
Vala-khilya |
|
Phena-pa |
subsist on fallen leaves & fruit |
4 -- Pari-vrajaka-s
Kut.i-cara |
hut-visitors, in houses of their children |
Bahu-udaka |
with shoen & reddish-brown garments |
Hamsa |
1 night only in village, 5 nights in tirtha |
Parama-hamsa |
patient: aequally among all 4 castes |
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Nr.-simha-Uttara-Tapaniya Upa-nis.ad
khan.d.a 1 -- states of consciousness
1st |
wakeful |
Vais`va-nara |
2nd |
dream |
Hiran.ya-garbha |
3rd |
deep sleep |
Is`vara |
4th |
Turiya |
devoureth Is`vara |
khan.d.a 2 -- Turiya devoureth Is`vara, 4-substanced as:
1st |
ota "woven into" |
kalagni-surya-usra ("timefire-sun-rays") |
2nd |
anu-jn~at.r "affirmer" |
self-luminous as sun in darkness |
3rd |
anu-jn~a "affirmation" |
fire after it hath consumed fuel |
4th |
a-vikalpa "indifference" |
|
khan.d.a 8 -- significances of the substances
1st |
ota "woven" |
the speech, a name |
2nd |
anu-jn~at.r "assenter" |
thinking maketh unsustained world substantial |
3rd |
anu-jn~a "assenting" |
the only taste |
4th |
a-vikalpa "indifference" |
no split (contradiction) |
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Nr.-simha-Purva-tapaniya Upa-nis.ad
2:2
hr.daya "heart" |
namas |
s`iras "head" |
svaha |
s`ikha "hairtuft" |
vas.at. |
kavaca "armor" |
hum |
astra "missile" |
phat. |
4:3
god |
god's wife |
Brahman |
Saras-vati |
Vis.n.u |
S`ri |
Maha-is`vara |
Gauri |
Purus.a |
Prakr.ti |
Is`vara |
A-vidya |
5:
wheel |
spokes |
deity |
Su-dars`ana |
6 |
seasons |
Gayatri |
8 |
Nara-ayana |
Jagati |
12 |
Vasu-deva |
Purus.a |
16 |
vowels |
Anus.t.ubh |
32 |
Nara-simha |
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Maha Upa-nis.ad
1 -- the 14 Purus.a-s (men) + a girl
10 |
indriya-s (senses, with sense-organs) |
11th |
Manas |
12th |
Tejas |
13th |
Aham-kara |
14th |
Pran.a (Atman) |
15th |
Buddhi [the girl] |
3
direction |
exclamation |
meter |
Veda |
east |
bhus |
Gayatri |
R.c |
west |
bhuvas |
Tris.t.ubh |
Yajus |
north |
svas |
Jagati |
Saman |
south |
om |
Anus.t.ubh |
Atharvan |
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Pran.ava Upa-nis.ad
3:27
exclamation |
Veda |
om |
Atharvan |
bhus |
R.c |
bhuvas |
Yajus |
svas |
Saman |
3:31-34
3: |
Veda |
divinity |
meter |
place |
31 |
R.c |
Fire |
Gayatri |
earth |
32 |
Yajus |
Wind |
Tris.t.ubh |
atmosphaere |
33 |
Saman |
Sun |
Jagati |
heaven |
34 |
Atharvan |
Moon |
"all" |
water |
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Para-brahman Upa-nis.ad (= Brahman Upa-nis.ad, Part 1)
similes for states of consciousness
simile |
consciousness-state |
maks.ika "bee / fly" |
dustless Brahman in Brahman-city |
maks.ika-destroyer (spider) |
Pran.a |
falcon |
sus.upti (deep sleep) |
Deva-datta |
the highest light in bliss |
caterpillar |
dream |
bird |
? |
karkat.aka ("crab") |
? |
waterlily-flower |
? |
Purus.a |
waking |
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Hamsa Upa-nis.ad
5
to deity __ |
in organ __ |
by kilaka __ |
Surya |
hr.daya "heart" |
namas |
Soma |
s`iras "head" |
svaha |
Nis-an~jana ("without stain") |
s`ikha "hairtuft" |
vas.at. |
Nis-abhasa ("without lustre") |
kavaca "armor" |
hum |
Tanu-suks.ma ("body subtle") |
netra "netra" |
vaus.at. |
Pracodayat |
astra "missile" |
phat. |
10 -- concommitants of psychic sounds
# |
reverberation as of __ |
the body __ |
1st |
cin.i |
imitateth cin~cin.i |
2nd |
cin~cin.i |
crumpleth |
3rd |
ghan.t.a (bell) |
is very tired |
4th |
s`ankha (conch) |
head shaketh |
5th |
string-music |
palate runneth |
6th |
clapping |
drinketh A-mr.ta-m |
7th |
flute-note |
hath esoteric knowledge |
8th |
drum-beating |
skill in speeech |
9th |
kettledrum |
power to disappear |
10th |
thunder |
becometh the Brahman |
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Dhyana-bindu Upa-nis.ad
stanza |
11 |
12 |
13 |
respiration |
Puraka |
Kumbhaka |
Recaka |
repraesentation as flower |
flax-flower |
waterlily-flower |
downward-blooming banana-flower |
place |
navel |
heart |
forehead |
deity |
Vis.n.u |
Brahman |
[quartz] |
characteristic of deity |
4-armed |
4-headed |
3-eyed |
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Nada-bindu Upa-nis.ad
# |
st. |
meditation |
st. |
re-incarnation |
1st |
9 |
ghosini "noise" |
12 |
sovereign king |
2nd |
|
vidyut-mali "lightning-wreathed" |
13 |
Yaks.a |
3rd |
|
pat-angi "flight-enjoyer" |
|
Vidya-dhara |
4th |
|
vayu-vegini "wind-swift" |
|
Gandharva |
5th |
10 |
nama-dheya "nameable" |
14 |
god in Soma-loka |
6th |
|
aindri |
15 |
Indra |
7th |
|
vais.n.avi |
|
Vis.n.u |
8th |
|
s`ankari |
|
Rudra Pas`u-pati |
9th |
11 |
mahati |
16 |
in Mahas-olka |
10th |
|
dhruva "firm" |
|
in "firm place" |
11th |
|
mauni "silent" |
|
in Tapas-loka |
12th |
|
brahmni |
17 |
Brahman |
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THE ADYAR LIBRARY SERIES, Vol. 20 = T. R. Srinivasa Ayyanagar (tr.): The Yoga Upanis.ads. 1938.
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S`akta Upa-nis.ad-s
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Tri-pura-Tapini Upa-nis.ad
vidya-s (incantations)
p. |
chapter : stanza |
vidya # |
mantra |
state |
sage or sagess |
|
|
1st |
sa ka |
waking |
S`akti-S`iva |
8 |
1:27 |
2nd |
sa ka la hrim |
dream |
Lopa-mudra |
|
1:28 |
3rd |
sa ka la hri |
collective sleep |
Dus-vasas |
9 |
1:30 |
4th |
klim ha ka sa |
vis`va |
Manu |
|
1:31 |
5th |
ha V ha sa |
taijasa |
Candra |
|
1:32 |
6th |
ha V ha sa ha |
prajn~a |
Kubera |
|
1:33 |
7th |
ha sa ka e la la hrim ha sa |
viraj |
Agastya |
|
1:34 |
8th |
7th ha ha sa ka |
sutra-atman |
Nandi |
9-10 |
1:35 |
9th |
V ka 7th S` |
causal |
Prabhakara |
10 |
1:36 |
10th |
7th V hrim klim kli la S` |
otr. caitanya |
S.at.-mukha |
|
1:37 |
11th |
10th 7th |
anu-jn~atr. caitanya |
Parama-s`iva |
10-11 |
1:38 |
12th |
7th V 6th ka |
anu-jn~a |
Vis.n.u |
wheels of the S`ri-cakra
p. |
chapter : stanza |
wheel # |
forces |
its nature |
"__ Tri-pura" |
force: "All-__" |
19 |
2:23 |
1st |
10 |
manifest |
-- |
agitating |
|
2:24 |
2nd |
16 |
well-protected |
sovereign |
scattering |
|
2:25 |
3rd |
8 |
well-secured |
beautiful |
fascinating |
|
2:26 |
4th |
14 |
tradition |
dweller |
subduing |
|
2:27 |
5th |
10 |
Kaula |
Maha-laks.mi |
greatly-exciting |
19-20 |
2:28 |
6th |
10 |
devoid of interspaces |
garlanded |
great-goad |
20 |
2:29 |
7th |
8 |
mysteries |
? |
khecari |
|
2:30 |
8th |
4 |
weapons |
mother |
bija (seed) |
|
2:31 |
9th |
3 |
exceedingly mysterious |
great |
tri-kon.a (triangle) |
p. 23 -- 3:13 hearths (fire-places) for oblations with the mantra
hrim klim aim blum straum
shape of hearth |
for gaining __ |
triangle |
women |
rod or circle |
wealth |
square |
rain |
p. 28 -- 4:21 goddesses of the 3 times of day
time of day |
goddess |
morn |
Gayatri |
midday |
Savitri |
dusk |
Saras-vati |
p. 11, n. 1 syllable-groups of the adi-vidya
1st |
ka e i la hrim |
Vac-bhava-kut.a |
2nd |
ha sa ka ha la hrim |
Kama-kut.a |
3rd |
sa ka la hrim |
S`akti-kut.a |
deities of mantra-s
p. |
mantra |
deity |
1 |
hrim |
Hara (= S`iva, p. 5) |
7 |
la |
Brahman |
9 |
ka |
Kama-kala |
10 |
klim |
Kama |
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Sarasvati-Rahasya Upa-nis.ad
mantra-s to the goddess Saras-vati
p. |
stanza |
r.s.i (seer) |
chandas (meter) |
bija |
41 |
4 |
As`vala-ayana |
Anus.t.ubh |
|
42 |
6 |
Bhara-dva-ja |
Gayatri |
om |
|
9 |
Atri |
Tris.t.ubh |
hrim |
43 |
12 |
Madhu-cchandas |
Gayatri |
s`rim |
|
15 |
Madhu-cchandas |
Gayatri |
blum |
44 |
18 |
Madhu-cchandas |
Gayatri |
saus |
|
21 |
Ucathya-putra |
Tris.t.ubh |
aim |
45 |
24 |
Bhargava |
Tris.t.ubh |
klim |
|
27 |
Bhargava |
Tris.t.ubh |
saus |
46 |
30 |
Br.has-pati |
Tris.t.ubh |
sam |
|
33 |
Gr.tsamada |
Anus.t.ubh |
aim |
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Sau-bhagya-Laks.mi Upa-nis.ad
cakra-s (wheels)
p. |
chapter : stanza |
wheel # |
locus |
wheel name |
appearance |
64 |
3:1 |
1st |
base [of spine] |
Brahman |
3-fold circle of waves |
|
3:2 |
2nd |
phallos |
Svadhis.t.hana |
sprout of coral |
|
3:3 |
3rd |
navel |
Man.ipuraka |
wide whirlpool |
|
3:4 |
4th |
heart |
|
downward-facing 8-petalled waterlily |
65 |
3:5 |
5th |
throat |
Anahata |
Sus.umna |
|
3:6 |
6th |
palate |
|
tiny bell |
|
3:7 |
7th |
brow |
Ajn~a |
flame of knowledge |
65-6 |
3:8 |
8th |
Brahma-orifice |
|
seat of meshes |
|
3:9 |
9th |
between eyebrows |
Akas`a (space) |
upward-facing 16-petalled waterlily |
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Tri-pura Tapini U.
the 12 vidya-s
page |
cap. 1 :v. |
# |
abode |
("-kut.a") incantation |
letters |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
:27 |
1st |
wakeful |
S`akti |
s k l hrim |
|
|
|
S`iva |
s k |
|
|
2nd |
dream |
Lopa-mudra (of Si`va-s`akti & of Kama) |
h s k h l hrim |
|
|
:28 |
3rd |
collective sleep |
Hr.llekha (& of Dus-vasas) |
s k l hri |
|
:29 |
|
|
Candra, Manu, Ku-vera |
k e i l hrim |
9 |
:30 |
4th |
vis`va |
Manu |
klim V. V. S`a. |
|
:31 |
5th |
taijasa |
Candra |
L. V. L. H. |
|
:32 |
6th |
prajn~a |
Ku-vera |
Si`. C. |
|
:33 |
7th |
viraj |
Agastya |
h s ... |
|
:34 |
8th |
sutra-atman |
Nandi |
A. h h s k |
9-10 |
:35 |
9th |
(causal) |
Prabha-kara |
V. A. S`a. |
|
:36 |
10th |
(otr. caitanya) |
S.at.-mukha |
A. V. hrim klim kli l hri h &c. so'ham kli ham sa m so'ham |
|
:37 |
11th |
(anu-jn~atr. caitanya) |
Para-s`iva? |
S. A. |
10-11 |
:38 |
12th |
(anu-jn~a caitanya) |
Vis.n.u |
A. V. K. V. L. |
s`ri-cakra
page |
cap. 2 :v. |
wheel |
counted characteristics |
mystic mark of the __ |
19 |
:23 |
1st |
9 selves 8 powers 8 mothers |
all-agitating force |
|
:24 |
2nd |
16 attractive powers |
all-scattering force |
|
:25 |
3rd |
8 flowers of Kama |
all-fascinating force |
|
:26 |
4th |
14 forces |
all-subduing force |
|
:27 |
5th |
10 forces |
greatly-exciting force |
19-20 |
:28 |
6th |
10 traits |
great goad |
20 |
:29 |
7th |
8 forces |
khecari |
|
:30 |
8th |
4 weapons |
seed |
|
:31 |
9th |
triad |
triangle |
p. 23 -- 3:13 gains from shapes of fire-altars for kama-kala
shape |
what is gained |
triangular |
woman |
rod or circle |
wealth |
square |
rain |
triangular [again!] |
"movements are immobilized" [paralysis] |
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Tri-pura U.
numerics
page |
verse |
quantity |
36 |
3 |
1 |
|
9 |
|
|
19 |
|
|
29 |
|
|
40 |
|
39 |
10 |
16 |
|
11 |
"three cavernous homes" {Daoist?} |
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Saras-vati Rahasya U.
the 10 mantra-s on Saras-vati
page |
verse |
mantra |
r.s.i (seer) |
meter |
seed, power, linchpin |
41 |
4 |
all 10 |
As`vala-ayana |
Anu-s.tubh |
(Vac-is`vari) |
42 |
6 |
1st |
Bara-dva-ja |
Gaya-tri |
OM |
|
9 |
2nd |
Atri |
Tri-s.t.ubh |
HRIM |
43 |
12 |
3rd |
Madhu-cchandas |
Gaya-tri |
S`RIM |
|
15 |
4th |
" |
" |
BLUM |
44 |
18 |
5th |
" |
" |
SAUS |
|
21 |
6th |
Ucathya-putra |
Tri-s.t.ubh |
AIM |
45 |
24 |
7th |
Bhargava |
" |
KLIM |
|
27 |
8th |
" |
" |
SAUS |
46 |
30 |
9th |
Br.has-pati |
" |
SAM |
|
33 |
10th |
Gr.tsamada |
Anu-s.t.ubh |
AIM |
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Sau-bhagya Laks.mi U.
the 3 granthi-s (knots) at pit.ha-s (seats) [according to the Commentary on cap. 2]
p. |
fn. |
# |
pit.ha |
"__-granthi" |
comprising __ cakra-s |
59 |
1 |
1st |
fire |
rudra |
muladhara & svadhis.t.hana |
61 |
1 |
2nd |
sun |
vis.n.u |
man.ipura & anahata |
|
2 |
3rd |
moon |
brahman |
vis`uddhi & ajn~a |
the 9 wheels
page |
cap. 3 :v. |
# |
wheel |
semblance |
locus |
seat / root of __ |
64 |
:1 |
1st |
Brahman |
|
|
|
|
:2 |
2nd |
Svadh-is.t.hana |
sprig of coral |
|
"girdle" |
|
:3 |
3rd |
Man.i-puraka |
lightning |
navel |
"crooked" "whirlpool" |
|
:4 |
4th |
heart |
swan |
heart |
|
65 |
:5 |
5th |
An-ahata |
|
throat |
|
|
:6 |
6th |
|
bell with tooth as clapper |
palate |
"the void" (s`unyata) |
|
:7 |
7th |
Ajn~a |
flame |
brow |
"skull" |
65-6 |
:8 |
8th |
Brahman-randhra |
thread of smoke |
|
"meshes" |
66 |
:9 |
9th |
akas`a |
3 peaks (tri-kut.i) |
centre of eyebrows |
"full mount" |
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Bhavana U.
page |
verse |
human quality |
mythic signification |
67 |
2-3 |
9 orifices of body |
9 wheels |
|
4 |
paternal |
+Varahi |
|
maternal |
+Kurukulla-bali |
|
68 |
5 |
4 ends (purposes) |
"oceans" {4 Daoist oceans?} |
|
6-7 |
skin of body |
"island of the nine gems" |
|
8 |
resolutions |
"wish-granting trees" |
|
9 |
6 seasons |
flavors |
|
10 |
jn~eya (object of knowledge) |
oblation |
|
"meditation on the identity of the three, knowledge, its object, and the knower" |
"worship rendered to the holy wheel" |
|
|
11 |
niyati & sentiments |
siddhi-s |
68-9 |
|
lust, anger, greed, delusion, elation, envy, merit, demerit |
the 8, viz. +Brahmi, [+Maha-is`vari, +Kaumari, +Vais.n.avi, +Varahi, +Raudri, +Carma-mun.d.a, +Kala-sankars.in.i -- p. 69, fn. 1] |
69 |
12 |
9 abodes |
(mudra-s) "mystic gestures" |
|
15 |
the 14 nad.i-s -- |
14 "powers such as all-exciting, etc." [12 s`akti-s as goddesses] |
|
alambusa |
|
|
|
kuhu |
|
|
|
vis`va-udara |
|
|
|
varan.a |
|
|
|
hasti-jihva |
|
|
|
yas`as-vati |
|
|
|
payas-vini |
|
|
|
gandhari |
|
|
|
pus.a |
|
|
|
s`ankhini |
|
|
|
saras-vati |
|
|
|
id.a |
|
|
|
pingala |
|
|
|
su-s.umna |
|
|
|
16 |
10 breaths |
10 "divinities of the outer spokes, [styled]" +Sarva-siddhi-prada, etc. |
70 |
19 |
10 aspects of fire |
10 "divinities of the inner spokes," [styled] +Sarva-jn~a, etc. |
|
20 |
cold, heat, pleasure, pain, desire, sattva, rajas, tamas |
the 8, viz. +Vas`ini, [Kama-is`vari, Madini, Vi-mala, Arun.a, Jayini, Sarva-is`vari, Kaulini -- fn. 2] |
|
21 |
5 sounds {Chinese pentatonic scale?} |
"flowery shafts" [the 5 arrows of kama] |
|
22 |
mind |
sugar-cane bow [of kama] |
|
25 |
the 3 principles [regions beyond mt.-range Lokaloka] -- |
[fn. 3 -- "identified in the reverse order, pratilomatah."] "the divinities of the inner triangle" |
|
aham-kara ('egotism') |
+Kama-is`vari |
|
|
mahat ('greatness') |
+Vajra-is`vari |
|
|
a-vyakta ('unmanifest') |
+Bhaga-malini |
|
71 |
27 |
"one's own blissful self" |
+Lalita |
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Sita U.
12 (Kama-s`akti) "power of desire" is 3-fold"
page |
verse |
goddess |
forms |
88 |
12 |
S`ri |
auspiciousness |
|
Bhumi |
power |
|
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Nila |
sun, moon, & fire |
|
|
13 |
moon = Nila |
divine swig of immortality |
|
14 |
sun = Nila |
"wheel of time" |
89 |
15 |
fire = Nila |
in fuel |
|
16 |
S`ri |
protectress of world |
89-90 |
17 |
Bhu |
pran.ava |
90 |
18 |
Nila |
"festooned with lightnings" |
|
19 |
"consisting of frogs" |
"root of all the worlds ... and supporting the worlds." |
|
|
|
|
91 |
24 |
R.c Veda |
in 21 s`akha-s (variants) |
|
25 |
Yajus Veda |
in 109 s`akha-s |
92 |
|
Saman Veda |
in 1,000 s`akha-s |
|
|
Atharvan Veda |
in 5 [but 50 according to commentator] s`akha-s |
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THE ADYAR LIBRARY SERIES, Vol. 89 = A. G. Krishna Warrier (tr.): The S`akta Upan.isad-s. Madras, 1967.
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