Hamsa Upanishad
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The Hamsa Upanishad (Sanskrit: हंसोपनिषद्) is a Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. It is classified as one of the twenty Yoga Upanishads, and attached to the Shukla Yajurveda.[2][3] The text or parts of the text is a relatively late origin, probably from the 2nd-millennium of the common era, but written before early 17th-century, because Dara Shikoh included it in the Persian translation of the Upanishads as Oupanekhat, spelling it as Hensnad (Hamsa-nada).[4]
Hamsa | |
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Devanagari | हंस |
Title means | Swan |
Date | 2nd millennium common era |
Type | Yoga |
Linked Veda | Shukla Yajurveda |
Chapters | 11[1] |
Philosophy | Tantra, Shaktism, Yoga |
The Hamsa Upanishad is structured as a disorganized medley of ideas, in the form of a discourse between Hindu sage Gautama and the divine Sanatkumara, on the knowledge of Hamsa-vidya as a prelude to Brahmavidya.[5][6] The text describes the sound of Om, its relation to Hamsa, and how meditating on this prepares one on the journey towards realizing Paramahamsa.[5]
Several versions of the Hamsa Upanishad exist, of which the Calcutta and Poona editions have been most studied.[7] The layout and some verses vary, but the message is similar. The text is listed at number 15 in the serial order of the Muktika enumerated by Rama to Hanuman in the modern era anthology of 108 Upanishads.[8] It is also called the Hamsopanishad.