Upaniṣads
Upanisads is Patrick Olivelle's English translation of the Upanishads, published by Oxford University Press in Oxford in 1996 as a volume in The World's Classics series. Olivelle has been Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions at the University of Texas at Austin since 1991.
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- Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996
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- Articles in 28 languages
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How many editions of Upaniṣads are there?
We track 1 edition of Upaniṣads. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
When was Upaniṣads first published?
Upaniṣads by Patrick Olivelle was first published in 1996.
Where these facts come from
- Upanisads (review by Wendy Doniger), Journal of Asian Studies, Cambridge Core, 1997 (cambridge.org)
- Patrick Olivelle, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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