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