Darshana Upanishad
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The Darshana Upanishad (Sanskrit: दर्शन उपनिषत्, IAST: Darśana Upaniṣad) is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism written in Sanskrit.[3][4] It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas,[5] and it is attached to the Samaveda.[1][6]
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Darshana | |
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Devanagari | दर्शन |
IAST | Darśana |
Title means | View, Meet |
Type | Yoga[1][2] |
Linked Veda | Samaveda |
Chapters | 10[2] |
Philosophy | Yoga, Vedanta[2] |
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The text presents classical Yoga similar to the Patanjali's Yogasutras-style format in a sequential ascending eight yogic stages, but unlike Yogasutras, the Darshana Upanishad includes kundalini concepts.[7] The ultimate goal of Yoga, states the Upanishad, is self-knowledge and realizing the identity of one's Self (Atman) with the Universal Reality (Brahman).[8][1][9]