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upanishad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
up-an-ishad
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a set of authorless Hindu religious and philosophical texts considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उपनिषद् (upaniṣad).

Inflected Forms

Upanishads (plural)

Derived Forms

Upanishadic

Frequently Paired Words

Aranyaka Brahmana Itihasa Sutra Tantra Veda

Questions

What does upanishad mean?
Any of a set of authorless Hindu religious and philosophical texts considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas.
Where does upanishad come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit उपनिषद् (upaniṣad).

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