Volume 1 — CHAPTER III
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THE EARLIER UPANI@SADS (700 B.C.-600 B.C.)
1 The place of the Upani@sads in Vedic literature……………28 2 The names of the Upani@sads; Non-Brahmanic influence……….30 3 Brâhma@nas and the Early Upani@sads………………………31 4 The meaning of the word Upani@sad………………………..38 5 The composition and growth of diverse Upani@sads…………..38 6 Revival of Upani@sad studies in modern times………………39 7 The Upani@sads and their interpretations………………….41 8 The quest after Brahman: the struggle and the failures……..42 9 Unknowability of Brahman and the Negative Method…………..44 10 The Âtman doctrine……………………………………..45 11 Place of Brahman in the Upani@sads……………………….48 12 The World……………………………………………..51 13 The World-Soul…………………………………………52 14 The Theory of Causation…………………………………52 15 Doctrine of Transmigration………………………………53 16 Emancipation…………………………………………..58