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  • -12-The-Upanishad-Volume-12
  • -17-Isha-Upanishad
  • -18-Kena-And-Other-Upanishads
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  • -13-Essays-on-the-Gita-Volume-13

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Synthesis of Yoga
  • -20-The-Synthesis-of-Yoga-Volume-20
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  • -03-04-Collected-Plays-and-Stories
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Kena and Other Upanishads

 

CONTENTS

 

Pre-content

 

 

Part One

 

Translations and Commentaries Published by Sri Aurobindo

Kena Upanishad

Katha Upanishad

Mundaka Upanishad

Readings in the Taittiriya Upanishad

 

  Part Two
 

Translations and Commentaries from Manuscripts

 

Section One. Introduction

On Translating the Upanishads

 

Section Two. Complete Translations (circa 1900 ­ 1902)

The Prusna Upanishad of the Athurvaveda

The Mandoukya Upanishad

The Aitereya Upanishad

Taittiriya Upanishad

 

Section Three. Incomplete Translations and Commentaries (circa 1902 ­ 1912)

Svetasvatara Upanishad

Chhandogya Upanishad

Notes on the Chhandogya Upanishad

The Brihad Aranyak Upanishad

The Great Aranyaka: A Commentary on the Brihad Aranyak Upanishad

The Kaivalya Upanishad

Nila Rudra Upanishad

 

Section Four. Incomplete Commentaries on the Kena Upanishad (circa 1912 ­ 1914)

Kena Upanishad: An Incomplete Commentary

A Commentary on the Kena Upanishad

Three Fragments of Commentary

Kena Upanishad: A Partial Translation with Notes

 

Section Five. Incomplete Translations of Two Vedantic Texts (circa 1900 ­ 1902)

The Karikas of Gaudapada

Sadananda's Essence of Vedanta

 

 

Part Three

 

Writings on Vedanta

Four Fragments

The Spirit of Hinduism

The Philosophy of the Upanishads

An Incomplete Work of Vedantic Exegesis

The Religion of Vedanta

Evolution in the Vedantic View

The Means of Realisation

A Fragmentary Chapter for a Work on Vedanta

God and Immortality

 

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Words of The Mother
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  • -15-Words-of-The-Mother-Volume-15
Notes on the way
  • -11-Notes-on-The-Way-Volume-11
Words of long ago.
  • -02-Words-of-Long-Ago-Volume-02

Question and Answers

Questions and Answers
  • -03-Questions-and-Answers-Volume-03
  • -04-Questions-and-Answers-Volume-04
  • -05-Questions-and-Answers-Volume-05
  • -06-Questions-and-Answers-Volume-06
  • -07-Questions-and-Answers-Volume-07
  • -08-Questions-and-Answers-Volume-08
  • -09-Questions-and-Answers-Volume-09
  • -07–Questions-and-Answers-(November-1956—November1962)
Answers from the Mother
  • -16-Some-Answers-from-The-Mother-Volume-16
  • -17-More-Answers-from-The-Mother-Volume-17

Prayers and Meditations

Prayers and Meditations
  • -01-Prayers-and-Meditations-Volume-01
  • -01-Prayers-and-Meditations-1948
  • -02-Prayers-and-Meditations-1971

On Education

On Education
  • -12-On-Education-Volume-12

Spiritual Significance of Flowers

Flowers – Messages and Spiritual Significance
  • -05-The-Spiritual-Significance-of-Flowers
  • -08-Flowers-And–Their-Messages

On Thoughts and Aphorisms

Thoughts and Aphorisms
  • -10-On-Thoughts-and-Aphorisms-Volume-10

Conversations with the Mother. The Agenda

Agenda
  • -01-Volume-01
  • -02-Volume-02
  • -03-Volume-03
  • -04-Volume-04
  • -05-Volume-05
  • -06-Volume-06
  • -07-Volume-07
  • -08-Volume-08
  • -09-Volume-09
  • -10-Volume-10
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  • -13-Volume-13
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