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A Clarification on Upanishads

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vedaramansriraman • Sat Oct 19 2002 - 14:08:46 PDT 


Dear Bhagavatas,
                I request someone to please clarify if Mahopanishad, 
Narayana Upanishad and Mahanarayaniya Upanishad refer to three 
independent upanishads or if some of the aforementioned are merely 
multiple names for the same body of text. If these are distinct, 
please indicate which of the four vedas to which each belongs. Thank 
you.

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,
Vedaraman Sriraman

[ They are different texts. Mahopanishad and the Mahanarayana are
  quoted by Ramanuja, and the Narayana Upanishad is not. The Mahanarayana
  Upanishad is also called the Yajniki Upanishad and properly placed 
  is the concluding part of the Taittiriya Upanishad, and hence belongs
  to the Krishna Yajur Veda.  The Narayana Upanishad belongs to the
  Atharva Veda. I don't know offhand to what Veda the Mahopanishad
  belongs. -- Moderator ]


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