How many Upanishads are there? What are the most important of them.?

Answer 1

Upanishad is a treatise on a specific aspect of a Vedic concept dialogued between the teacher an adept in wisdom and his erudite scholars compiled into a book. It could be as small as six couplets or as big as Brihad Aranyaka Upnishad which runs into 100 pages comprising about 1000 slokas.

There are at least 300 Upanishads whose mention and reference is available in Hindu doctrines. But so far, only 210 such Upanishads have been recollected at the Theosophical Society Centre at Adyar in Tamil Nadu, India. Nine of them are termed as major ones by Adi Shankaracharya. They are Ishopanishada, Kena, Chhandogya, Aiteraya, Taitteraya, Brihad Aranyaka, Mandukya, Mundaka, and Prasnopanishada.

Answer 2

There are 108 Upanishads. Out of these (as far as i know):
10 Upanishads are associated with the Rigveda and have the Shānti beginning vaṇme-manasi.
16 Upanishads are associated with the Samaveda and have the Shānti beginning āpyāyantu.
19 Upanishads are associated with the Yajurveda and have the Shānti beginning pūrṇamada.
32 Upanishads are associated with the Yajurveda and have the Shānti beginning sahanāvavatu.
31 Upanishads are associated with the Atharvaveda and have the Shānti beginning bhadram-karṇebhiḥ.

Out of the 108 there are 10 mukhya (principal) upanishads:

Brhad-Aranyaka Upanishad
Chandogya Upanishad
Isa Upanishad
Aitareya Upanishad
Taittiriya Upanishad
Katha Upanishad
Prasna Upanishad
Kena Upanishad
Mundaka Upanishad
Mandukya Upanishad

Answer 3

The Upanishads are part of the Vedas and form the Hindu scriptures which primarily discuss philosophy, meditation and nature of God; they form the core spiritual thought of Vedantic Hinduism. The Upanishads are mystic or spiritual contemplations of the Vedas, their putative end and essence, and thus known as Vedānta ("the end of the Vedas"). The Upanishads were composed over several centuries. The oldest, such as the Brhadaranyaka and Chandogya Upanisads, have been dated to around the eighth century BCE. The roots of many Indian religions are built upon the foundation of the Upanishads.

"Principal" Upanishads
The following is a list of the ten "principal" (mukhya) Upanishads that were commented upon by Shankara, and that are accepted as shruti by all Hindus. They are listed with their associated Veda (Rigveda (ṚV), Samaveda (SV), White Yajurveda (ŚYV), Black Yajurveda (KYV), Atharvaveda (AV)).

Aitareya (ṚV)
Bṛhadāraṇyaka (ŚYV)
Īṣa (ŚYV)
Taittirīya (KYV)
Kaá¹­ha (KYV)
Chāndogya (SV)
Kena (SV)
Muṇḍaka (AV)
Māṇḍūkya (AV)
Praśna (AV)
The Kauśītāki, Śvetāśvatara and Maitrāyaṇi Upanishads are sometimes added to extend the canon to 12 or 13. They are also the oldest Upanishads, likely all of them dating to before the Common Era. From linguistic evidence, the oldest among them are likely the Bṛhadāraṇyaka and Chāndogya Upanishads, belonging to the late Vedic Sanskrit period; the remaining ones are at the transition from Vedic to Classical Sanskrit.

The longest and oldest Upanishad are the Bṛhadāraṇyaka and the Chāndogya respectively.
According to tradition, there were over two hundred Upanishads, but the philosopher and commentator Shankara only composed commentaries to eleven of them. The Upanishads commented on by Shankara are generally regarded as the oldest ones. The Muktika Upanishad lists 108 Upanishads. In 1656, at the order of Dara Shikoh, the Upanishads were translated from Sanskrit into Persian-.

Answer 4

There are supposedly 108. But 108 is a number with religious meaning, so I kind of doubt if there are actually exactly 108. It may be more than that.

The most important ones that come to mind for me are the Brihadaranyaka, the Taittiriya, the Mundaka, and a few others.

Here is a link with some translations of the most popular ones:

http://sanatan.intnet.mu/upanishads/upanishads.htm

Answer 5

What is a Upanishads and are they good to eat

Answer 6

Artha, Dhanur, Sthapatya, Gandharva, Ayur- Veda and
Ayur-Veda is at least my favorite.

Namaste

Answer 7

I didn't know there were several but beautiful reading as I recall