Rama tapaniya Upanishad
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The Rama Tapaniya Upanishad (राम तापनीय उपनिषत्) also called Ramatapaniyopanishad (रामतापिनियोपनिषत्) is a minor Upanishadic text written in Sanskrit. It is one of the 31 Upanishads attached to the Atharvaveda,[2] and is classified as a Vaishnava Upanishad.[4]
Rama Tapaniya Upanishad | |
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Devanagari | राम तापनीय |
IAST | Rāma Tāpanīya |
Title means | Upanishad of the penance towards Rama |
Date | 11th- to 16th-century |
Type | Vaishnava[1] |
Linked Veda | Atharvaveda[2] |
Chapters | 2[1] |
Verses | 94 in Rama Purva, 5 prose sections in Rama Uttara[3] |
Philosophy | Vaishnava[4] |
The text is in two parts, the early part called Rama purva Tapaniya Upanishad and the later part called Rama uttara Tapaniya Upanishad, which together with Ramarahasya Upanishad are Vaishnava Upanishads devoted to the Hindu god Rama.[5][6][7] The text presents Rama as equivalent to the Atman (soul, self) and the Brahman (Ultimate Reality).[7][8]
The Upanishad is modeled after the Nrisimha Tapaniya Upanishad.[1] It heavily borrows from the Vedic texts and the Principal Upanishads, praises the characters in the epic story of Rama, and then presents Om, the Rama yantra, and the Rama mantra.[1][9]