Bindia Trivedi
The Upanisads are Philosophical and theological mystical treatises forming the third division of the Veda; the preceding portions being the Mantras or Hymans, which are largely prayers, and the Brahmanas or sacrificial rituals 'the utterance, successively, of poet, priest and philosopher. There are two great departments of the Veda. The first is called Karma-kanda, the department of works, which embraces both Mantras and Brahmanas; and is followed by the vast ...