Nada Bindu Upanishad
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Nada Bindu Upanishad is one of the 'minor' Upanishads and is considered part of the Rig Veda. The status of the Nada Bindu Upanishad as a 'minor' Upanishad is contestable but this is how it was first presented to English scholarship with its inclusion by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar in his Thirty Minor Upanishads (1914).
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'Bindu
' (Devanagari: बिन्द)
'Upanishad
' (Devanagari:उपनिषद)
* Caveat lector: the Sexism
of "man" was written out with "person", it must be remembered the translation and extant Sanskrit text were both a product of their time.
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: नाद-बिन्दु उपनिषद्
Nomenclature, orthography and etymology
'NādaNada
Nada may refer to:*In common English usage, "nothing", Nada may refer to:*In common English usage, "nothing", Nada may refer to:*In common English usage, "nothing", (borrowed from Spanish at least 1867. It comes from the Latin word "nata" (small, insignificant thing; literally (thing)...
' (Devanagari: नाद)
'Bindu
Bindu
Bindu is a Sanskrit term meaning "point" or "dot". The feminine case ending is bindi which denotes a small ornamental, devotional and/or mystical dot that is cosmetically applied or affixed to the forehead in Hinduism....
' (Devanagari: बिन्द)
'Upanishad
Upanishad
The Upanishads are philosophical texts considered to be an early source of Hindu religion. More than 200 are known, of which the first dozen or so, the oldest and most important, are variously referred to as the principal, main or old Upanishads...
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English scholarship
The Nada Bindu Upanishad first entered English discourse with the rendering of K. Narayanasvami Aiyar (1914).Primary literature
'Prarabdha' (Devanagari: प्रारब्ध) is employed in the Nada Bindu Upanishad verse 21 as follows in Devanagari for probity and as rendered in English by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar (1914):- आत्मानं सततं ज्ञात्वा कालं नय महामते | प्रारब्धमखिलं भुञ्जन्नोद्वेगं कर्तुमर्हसि || २१||
- 21. O intelligent [person]*, spend your life always in the knowing of the supreme bliss, enjoying the whole of your Prarabdha (that portion of past Karma now being enjoyed) without making any complaint (of it).
Sexism
Sexism, also known as gender discrimination or sex discrimination, is the application of the belief or attitude that there are characteristics implicit to one's gender that indirectly affect one's abilities in unrelated areas...
of "man" was written out with "person", it must be remembered the translation and extant Sanskrit text were both a product of their time.
Primary source
Nada Bindu Upanishad as a Sanskrit text rendered in Devanagari script and encoded with UnicodeUnicode
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