The Early Upanishads: Annotated Text and Translation

by Patrick Olivelle (Translator/Editor)

This is the full edition of the early Upanisads, the central scriptures of Hinduism. Featuring Patrick Olivelle's acclaimed new English translation (Oxford, 1996), it also includes the complete Sanskrit text, as well as variant readings, scholarly emendations, and explanations of Olivelle's choices of particular readings. The volume also contains a concordance of the two recensions of the Brhadaranyaka Upanisad, and an extensive bibliography.

Genres: Philosophy, Hinduism, Religion, Academic

704 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Patrick Olivelle is Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions at the University of Texas at Austin.

Reviews

[Akaash Krishnan · Rating 4 out of 5]

oh i love ancient rising staircase philosophizing… my cross cultural platonic scholar arc

[Mya Mac · Rating 3 out of 5]

We read select Upanisads for HUMS1000 and for the most part they were pleasant philosophical puzzles. The names of the characters are very nice as well. Yājñavalkya, Naciketas, Svetaketu.