Upanishad
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Upanishad /uːˈpanɪʃad/
▶noun each of a series of Hindu sacred treatises written in Sanskrit and expounding the Vedas.
– origin from Sanskrit, lit. ‘sitting near (i.e. at the feet of a master)’, from upa ‘near’ + ni-ṣad ‘sit down’.
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