Overview
Upnishads are the gem of Vedic texts and they are germinating point of various philosophies originated in India and outside .There are lot of translation and explanations of these text existing for thousands of year. Most of school of thoughts in Hinduism have written vast commentaries upon these texts and tried to prove that there view of thought is based upon Vedas. This text is written in poetry form in one of the most important language of India. The Maithili poem form will make original text accessible in native language. The other reason is mother tongue is most close to an individual and it directs hits the chord of heart and brings diverse thoughts which become mechanical process in other languages. The poetry form is most close to heart of man. The translation in prose gets devoid of beauty from the text and looks unnatural. Many words have different meanings in Sanskrit and gives different meanings when arranged in different permutation. It's always better to give people chance to get all meaning in spite of having just one. Many words in Sanskrit in Maithili being common as its origin being the former make the work easier. This journey of writing was very fruitful to me as it enhanced my understandability of text and gave me chance to muse in more depth. The deeper meaning of text is matter of meditation. Writer does not claim to have school/college knowledge of Maithili/ Sanskrit or poetry. Maithili being his native language and Sanskrit being part of his upbringing and Brahminical culture. Text freely available on web has been consulted (Archive.org /wikisource.org).
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Author: Rahul Kumar (Queen's University)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 0.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.100kg
ISBN: 9781512204865
ISBN 10: 1512204862
Pages: 66
Publication Date: 14 May 2015
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Language: Hindi
Author Information
Rahul Kumar (1986) was born in Darbhanga, Bihar, India to Maithil Brahmin parents.He is a software engineer by profession and Open Source contributor . He has special interest in Indian philosophy and folk lyrics .He has been writing in English and Maithili languages. His first book is a series of poems Musings on Upnishadas .He is currently writing a novel Brahma and his dreams soon to be published . He can be reached at twitter or Facebook .
