दशोपनिषद्

Aitareya Upanishad

ऐतरेयोपनिषद्

Aitareya Aranyaka of the Rig Veda

Creation, the Self that became all

प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म

Kaushitaki Upanishad

कौषीतक्युपनिषद्

Kaushitaki Brahmana of the Rig Veda (Kaushitaki / Shankhayana shakha)

Prana as Brahman; the post-mortem path to the world of Brahma

प्राणो ब्रह्म

Tripura Upanishad

त्रिपुरोपनिषद्

Rig Veda (Shakta Upanishad group)

Tripura Sundari and the Shodashi mantra — the cornerstone of the Sri Vidya tradition

Nada Bindu Upanishad

नादबिन्दूपनिषद्

Rig Veda (Yoga Upanishad group)

The yoga of inner sound — meditation on the unstruck cosmic vibration (nada) heard within, leading from gross sound through subtle to the soundless Brahman

Akshamala Upanishad

अक्षमालोपनिषद्

Rig Veda (Shaiva Upanishad group)

The metaphysics, materials, threading, and consecration of the japa-mala (rosary) and the comparative power of bead-materials for different mantras

Kena Upanishad

केनोपनिषद्

Talavakara Brahmana of the Sama Veda

That by which the mind thinks — Brahman as the prior consciousness

Chandogya Upanishad

छान्दोग्योपनिषद्

Chandogya Brahmana of the Sama Veda

Tat Tvam Asi; the Self at the heart of all

तत्त्वमसि

Jabala Darshana Upanishad

जाबालदर्शनोपनिषद्

Sama Veda (Yoga Upanishad group)

The Atman realised through ashtanga-yoga as taught by Dattatreya to Sankriti

Jabali Upanishad

जाबाल्युपनिषद्

Sama Veda (Shaiva Upanishad group)

The Pashupata vow of smearing sacred ash (vibhuti / bhasma), the Pashupati form of Shiva as the supreme lord of all bound souls (pashus)

Yogachudamani Upanishad

योगचूडामण्युपनिषद्

Sama Veda (Yoga Upanishad group)

The crest-jewel of Hatha Yoga — six chakras, three nadis, four locks (bandhas), the kundalini ascent, and the merger into the sahasrara

Vajrasuchika Upanishad

वज्रसूचिकोपनिषद्

Samaveda — Samanya Vedanta group

A diamond-needle critique demolishing every birth-based definition of brahmanhood and locating it solely in Self-knowledge

Maha Upanishad

महोपनिषद्

Samaveda — Samanya Vedanta group

The greatness of Brahman explored through cosmology, jivanmukti, and the recognition that the world is one family

Isha Upanishad

ईशोपनिषद्

Shukla Yajur Veda (40th adhyaya of Vajasaneyi Samhita)

The Lord pervades all; renunciation in the midst of action

Katha Upanishad

कठोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Katha shakha)

Nachiketa's three boons from Yama; the chariot of the body

Taittiriya Upanishad

तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Taittiriya shakha)

The five koshas; Brahman as Anandamaya

आनन्दो ब्रह्मेति व्यजानात्

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्

Shatapatha Brahmana of the Shukla Yajur Veda

Aham Brahmasmi; the great dialogues of Yajnavalkya

अहं ब्रह्मास्मि

Svetasvatara Upanishad

श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Taittiriya shakha — appended to its Aranyaka)

The first theistic Upanishad — Rudra-Shiva as the one God hidden in all beings

एको देवः सर्वभूतेषु गूढः

Maitri Upanishad

मैत्र्युपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Maitrayaniya shakha)

Six-limbed yoga (shadanga-yoga) and the two-fold Brahman (shabda + ashabda)

Yoga Tattva Upanishad

योगतत्त्वोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Yoga Upanishad group)

The four yogas — mantra, laya, hatha, raja — taught by Vishnu to Brahma

Yoga Kundalini Upanishad

योगकुण्डल्युपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Yoga Upanishad group)

Awakening kundalini through pranayama, mudras and khechari

Dhyana Bindu Upanishad

ध्यानबिन्दूपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Yoga Upanishad group)

The bindu (drop) at the heart of Om — meditation on the seed-point

Advaya Taraka Upanishad

अद्वयतारकोपनिषद्

Shukla Yajur Veda (Sannyasa / Yoga Upanishad group)

Taraka-brahma-yoga — the saviour Brahman + the famous gu-ru etymology

Narayana Upanishad

नारायणोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Taittiriya shakha — Vaishnava Upanishad group)

Narayana as the All — source, substance and goal of the cosmos

नारायण एवेदं सर्वम्

Paingala Upanishad

पैङ्गलोपनिषद्

Shukla Yajur Veda (Sāmānya-Vedānta Upanishad group)

Atman-Brahman identity unfolded through Yajnavalkya's instruction to Paingala

तत्त्वमसि

Garbha Upanishad

गर्भोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda

Embryology and gestation as a vehicle for non-dual teaching on the embodied Self

Amritabindu Upanishad

अमृतबिन्दूपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Yoga Upanishad group)

The "drop of immortality" — the silent bindu of consciousness reached by withholding mind from objects

Paramahamsa Upanishad

परमहंसोपनिषद्

Shukla Yajur Veda (Sannyasa Upanishad group)

Marks of the Paramahamsa — the highest-stage renunciate who has dropped staff, kamandalu, sacred thread and even the will to renounce

Tejobindu Upanishad

तेजोबिन्दूपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Yoga Upanishad group)

The "drop of radiance" — the longest of the Bindu Upanishads, mapping fifteen limbs of Advaita-yoga onto Patanjali's eight

Varaha Upanishad

वराहोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Vaishnava Upanishad group)

The dialogue of Lord Varaha with the sage Ribhu — the most complete Vaishnava-Advaita synthesis among the minor Upanishads

Brahma Upanishad

ब्रह्मोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Sannyasa Upanishad group)

The four states of consciousness located in four bodily centres — and the renunciate's vow of the sacred thread of pure knowledge (brahma-sutra)

Kaivalya Upanishad

कैवल्योपनिषद्

Krishna Yajur Veda (Sannyasa Upanishad group)

The supreme realization (kaivalya) attained through devotion (bhakti), renunciation (sannyasa), and identification with Shiva as one's own Self

Subala Upanishad

सुबालोपनिषद्

Shukla Yajur Veda (Samanya Vedanta Upanishad group)

The cosmology of creation from the unmanifest, the 16-chapter analysis of the gross-subtle-causal universe, and the final dissolution back into the unborn

Paingala Upanishad

पैङ्गल उपनिषद्

Shukla Yajurveda — Samanya (general) Upanishad group

Dialogue between sage Yajnavalkya and disciple Paingala on the Self, creation, and liberation.

Advayataraka Upanishad

अद्वयतारक उपनिषद्

Shukla Yajurveda — Yoga Upanishad group

The non-dual liberating meditation (taraka yoga) on the inner light that ferries the seeker across samsara.

Kalisantarana Upanishad

कलिसन्तरण उपनिषद्

Krishna Yajurveda — Vaishnava Upanishad group

The Maha-Mantra of sixteen names of Hari as the sole means of crossing the age of Kali.

Mahanarayana Upanishad

महानारायणोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajurveda Taittiriya Aranyaka tenth prapathaka

Narayana as the supreme Brahman and the source of all liberation mantras

Katha Rudra Upanishad

कठरुद्रोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajurveda — Sannyasa group

The discipline of renunciation as the direct path to recognising Rudra-Brahman within

Sarvasara Upanishad

सर्वसारोपनिषद्

Krishna Yajurveda — Samanya Vedanta group

A compact glossary of every essential Vedantic term arranged as a direct inquiry into the Self

Prashna Upanishad

प्रश्नोपनिषद्

Atharva Veda (Pippalada shakha)

Six questions answered by sage Pippalada

Mundaka Upanishad

मुण्डकोपनिषद्

Atharva Veda

Para vidya and Apara vidya — higher vs. lower knowledge

Mandukya Upanishad

माण्डूक्योपनिषद्

Atharva Veda

Om and the four states of consciousness

अयमात्मा ब्रह्म

Ganapati Upanishad

गणपत्युपनिषद्

Atharva Veda (also called Ganapati Atharvashirsha)

Ganesha as Brahman — the elephant-headed One identical with Om and the supreme Self

त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षं तत्त्वमसि

Devi Upanishad

देव्युपनिषद्

Atharva Veda (Shakta Upanishad group)

The Goddess as Brahman — Devi's self-disclosure of her own supreme nature to the devas

अहं ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणी

Atma Upanishad

आत्मोपनिषद्

Atharva Veda (Sāmānya-Vedānta Upanishad group)

The threefold Atman — bahyatman (gross body), antaratman (subtle/jiva) and paramatman (causal/supreme Self)

Rama Tapaniya Upanishad

रामतापनीयोपनिषद्

Atharva Veda (Vaishnava Upanishad group)

The esoteric meaning of Rama — split into Purva-tapaniya (mantra-shastra of "Ram") and Uttara-tapaniya (Advaita identity of Rama with Brahman)

Nrisimha Tapaniya Upanishad

नृसिंहतापनीयोपनिषद्

Atharva Veda (Vaishnava Upanishad group)

The esoteric meaning of Narasimha — Purva-tapaniya unpacks the 32-syllable Narasimha Anushtubh mantra, Uttara-tapaniya identifies Narasimha with the non-dual Brahman

Gopala Tapaniya Upanishad

गोपालतापनीयोपनिषद्

Atharva Veda (Vaishnava Upanishad group)

The esoteric meaning of Krishna-Gopala — Purva-tapaniya unpacks the Krishna Ashtadasakshari (18-syllable) and Gopala Mantra-raja, Uttara-tapaniya gives the Brahma-Krishna identity

Shandilya Upanishad

शाण्डिल्योपनिषद्

Atharva Veda (Yoga Upanishad group)

A complete yoga manual structured around Patanjali's eight limbs but expanded into ten — including the ten yamas, ten niyamas, eight asanas, three bandhas, three mudras, and detailed nadi-shodhana pranayama

Shandilya Upanishad

शाण्डिल्योपनिषद्

Atharvaveda Yoga Upanishad group

Eight-limbed yoga as the path to Brahman realization

Narada Parivrajaka Upanishad

नारदपरिव्राजकोपनिषद्

Atharvaveda — Sannyasa group

The complete code of the wandering renunciate revealed by Lord Brahma to the sage Narada