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Chandogya Upanishad or Chhandogya Upansihad is a text in the Chandogya Brahmana of the Sama Veda. Its name is derived form Chhanda or poetic meters used in Sanskrit.
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Interpreting Bhagavad Gita verse 8.16
I do know that according to Upanishads, All the higher Lokas except Brahma Loka, are subjected to circumgyration/reparation (birth-rebirth).
From Chhandogya Upanishad 4.15.5:
अथ यदु चैवास्मि...
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Do characters in the same Brahmavidya always have the same caste?
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Is Krishna mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad?
This chapter of the Chandogya Upanishad makes a rather curious statement:
taddhaitadghor āṅgirasaḥ kṛṣṇāya
devakīputrāyoktvovācāpipāsa eva sa babhūva
so'ntavelāyāmetattrayaṃ ...
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Did Brahman split into multiple souls?
Here's a verse from Chandogya Upanishad , chapter six.
"It (Being or Brahman) thought: ‘May I be many; may I grow forth."
My question is, when Brahman, the supreme cosmic spirit , wished to ...
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What scriptures describe Brahma's son Sanatkumara being reborn as Shiva's son Kartikeya?
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Why did Adi Sankaracharya compare the color of Ishwara's eyes to that of monkey's nates?
While commenting on the verse "tasya yatha kapyasam pundarikamevamakshini" in his bhashya on the Chandogya Upanishad, Shankara describes the eyes of Ishwara as:
eyes of that golden Purusha are like ...
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Who is the deity who escorts you to Brahmaloka?
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Does the Chandogya Upanishad foretell the birth of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu?
Gaudiya Vaishnavas, a sect that includes the popular organization ISKCON, believe that their founder Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was an incarnation of Vishnu. In this article from ISKCON's publication Back ...
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Who agrees with Kumarila Bhatta that the Chandogya Upanishad refers to magical powers?
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Why does chandogya upanishad use kannada-telugu words?
In the Chandogya Upanishad, the word “मटची” “maTacI” is used to
describe famine in the Kuru kingdom.
“मटचीहतेषु कुरुष्वाटिक्या सह जायया उषस्तिर्ह चाक्रायण इभ्यग्रामे
प्रद्राणक उवास” (1.10.1).
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What part of the Sama Veda Samhita is the Udgitha?
A traditional Vedic yagna (fire-ritual) would be conducted by three main priests - a Hotar who would chant hymns from the Rig Veda Samhita, an Adhvaryu who would chant hymns from the Yajur Veda ...
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What kings passed on the Panchagni Vidya of the Upanishads?
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What Chandogya Upanishad verse is the sevenfold discipline of Bhakti Yoga related to?
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Who was Shwetaketu's biological father?
One of the most famous parts of the Chandogya Upanishad is the dialogue of the sage Uddalaka Aruni with his son Shwetaketu. (It's known as the Sad Vidya, and it's one of the 32 Brahma Vidyas.) It is ...
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Is Chandogya 5.10.7 authentic?
It seems highly likely that verse 5.10.7 of Chandogya Upanishad is not authentic.
The first reason is that there are multiple versions and manuscripts of the Chandogya Upanishad that do not have verse ...
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Biological origins of life - Chandogya Upanishad
This wiki article says that the Chandogya Upanishad discusses the possible ways of biological origins of life.
What are these ways?
And, which Shloka talks about this?
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Possible Interpretation of Chandogya Upanishad 5.10.7?
https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/chandogya-upanishad-english/d/doc239196.html
तद्य इह रमणीयचरणा अभ्याशो ह यत्ते रमणीयां योनिमापद्येरन्ब्राह्मणयोनिं वा क्षत्रिययोनिं वा वैश्ययोनिं वाथ य इह ...
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How come Brahmins didn't have knowledge of Adhyatma-Vidya as per Chandogya Upanishad?
As per Chandogya Upanishad 5.3, Śvetaketu, son of Gautama Rishi, went to the court of the Pañcālas where the prince Pravāhaṇa, the son of Jīvala, asked him a series of questions related to adhyatma-...
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What are the similarities between Svabhavika Bhedabheda Vedanta and Advaita Vedanta philosophies?
As some of you might be knowing, the renowned Sri Vaishnava acharya, Ramanujacharya before becoming a Sri Vaishnava, was a disciple of a Vaishnavite named Yadava Prakasha who propounded the Svabhavika ...
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Was Shwetaketu born in a previous Kali Yuga?
As I discuss in this answer, how the Vedas originated is that from time immemorial, sages known as Dhrishtas heard sacred verses directly from the gods during a state of Tapasya (deep meditation), and ...
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Where are the Raikvaparna villages mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad?
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