CONTENTS.

PAGE

PREFACE TO THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST

ix

   Program of a Translation of the Sacred Books of the East

xxxix

   Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets

xlviii

   Approximate Pronunciation of the Roman Letters as representing the Sanskrit Alphabet

lv

INTRODUCTION TO THE UPANISHADS

lvii

   Khândogya-upanishad

lxxxvi

   Talavakâra-upanishad

lxxxix

   Aitareya-âranyaka

xci

   Kaushîtaki-brâhmana-upanishad

xcviii

   Vâgasaneyi-samhitâ-upanishad

c

TRANSLATION OF THE KHÂNDOGYA-UPANISHAD

1

TRANSLATION OF THE TALAVAKÂRA-UPANISHAD

TRANSLATION OF THE AITAREYA-ÂRANYAKA

157

TRANSLATION OF THE KAUSHÎTAKI-BRÂHMANA-UPANISHAD

271

TRANSLATION OF THE VÂGASANEYI-SAMHITÂ-UPANISHAD

311