Upanishad

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noun

Any of a set of authorless Hindu religious and philosophical texts considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas.

OriginSanskrit उपनिषद् →
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Meanings

nounUpanishad (plural Upanishads)

plural Upanishads

  1. Any of a set of authorless Hindu religious and philosophical texts considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas.

Origin

  1. Sanskritउपनिषद्
  2. Sanskritउपनिषद्
  3. EnglishUpanishad

Borrowed from Sanskrit उपनिषद् (upaniṣad).

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Translations

Bengali উপনিষদ্
  • উপনিষদ্ (uponiśod)Hindu text
Chinese Cantonese 奧義書 /奥义书
  • 奧義書 /奥义书Hindu text
Chinese Mandarin 奧義書 /奥义书
  • 奧義書 /奥义书 (àoyìshū)Hindu text
Finnish upanishad
  • upanishadHindu text
French upanishad
  • upanishadHindu text
German Upanischad
  • UpanischadHindu text
Greek ουπανισάντ
  • ουπανισάντ (oupanisánt)Hindu text
Hindi उपनिषद्
  • उपनिषद् (upniṣad)Hindu text
Japanese ウパニシャッド
  • ウパニシャッド (upanishaddo)Hindu text
Korean 우파니샤드
  • 우파니샤드 (Upanisyadeu)Hindu text
Persian اوپانیشاد
  • اوپانیشادHindu text
Punjabi ਉਪਨਿਸ਼ਦ
  • ਉਪਨਿਸ਼ਦ (upaniśad)Hindu text
Russian Упаниша́ды
  • Упаниша́ды (Upanišády)Hindu text
Tamil உபநிடதம்
  • உபநிடதம் (upaniṭatam)Hindu text
Urdu اپنیشد
  • اپنیشدHindu text
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APA

Upanishad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Upanishad

MLA

“Upanishad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Upanishad. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Upanishad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Upanishad.

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