Chandogya Upanishad  (Paperback/softback, Pandit Atre)

The Chandogya Upanishad belongs to the Tandya School of the Samaveda Like Brihadaranyaka Upanishad the Chandogya Upanishad is an anthology of texts that must have pre existed as separate texts, and were edited into a larger text by one or more ancient Indian scholars The precise chronology of Chandogya Upanishad is uncertain, and It is variously dated to have been composed by the 8 to 6 century BCE in India. It is ona of the largest Upanishadic compilations and has eight Prapathakas (literally lectures, chapters), each with many volumes, and each volume contains many verses The volumes are a motley collection of stories and themes. As part of the poetic and chants-focussed Sama veda the broad unifying theme of the upanishad is the importance of speech language, song and chants to man's quest for knowledge and salvation, to meta physical premises and questions, as well as two rituals The Chandogya Upanishadis notable for its lilting metric structure, its mention of ancient cultural elements such as musical instruments, and embedded philosophical premises that later served as foundation for Vedanta school of Hinduism It is one of the most cited texts, inter Bhasyas (reviews and commentaries) by scholars from the diverse schools of Hinduism. Adi Shankaracharya, for example, cited Chandogya Upanishad 810 times in his Vedanta Sutra Bhasya, more than any other ancient text. It is the embodiment of music and literature, a symbolism of emergence of it as a Goddess Sarasvati and its Veena-play.