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Isha Upanishad

Also called: Ishavasya Upanishad, Vajasaneyi Samhita Upanishad

A short Upanishad of eighteen verses forming the last chapter of the White Yajurveda. Verses 15 to 18 are a prayer to Pushan and Agni that commentators assign to a dying person; the same verses stand at Brihadaranyaka 5.15.

Sources: The Upanishads, tr. F. Max Muller (Sacred Books of the East 1 and 15) · see Isha Upanishad's web

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Isha Upanishad features

Pushan (God)
The closing prayer, verses 15-16, is addressed to Pushan.

Stories 1

Pushan, guide of the dead
Legend · 4 tellings

Cited

The Upanishads, tr. F. Max Muller (Sacred Books of the East 1 and 15) § isha.15-18 Primary text (translation)