Sarasvati-rahasya Upanishad
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The Sarasvati-rahasya Upanishad (Sanskrit: सरस्वती रहस्य उपनिषत्, IAST: Sarasvatī-rahasya Upaniṣad), meaning “the Secret Knowledge of the Wisdom Goddess”,[8] is a late medieval era Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism.[9] The text is classified as one of the eight Shakta Upanishads and embedded in the Krishna Yajurveda.[4][10]
Sarasvati-rahasya Upanishad | |
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Devanagari | सरस्वती रहस्य |
IAST | Sarasvatī Rahasya |
Title means | Mystery of goddess Sarasvati |
Date | 12th- to 16th-century CE[1][2] |
Type | Shakta[3] |
Linked Veda | Krishna Yajurveda[4] |
Chapters | 2 |
Verses | 47[5] |
Philosophy | Shaktism, Vedanta[6][7] |
The Upanishad is notable for glorifying the feminine as the Shakti (energy, power) and as the metaphysical Brahman principle, and extensively uses a combination of Bhakti and Vedanta terminology.[7][11] Annette Wilke and Oliver Moebus state that the underlying philosophical premise of this text corresponds to Advaita Vedanta.[12] The text is important to the Goddess traditions of Hinduism.[13][14]