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12:10, 8 January 2026 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: Prayer for the Departed Yogī and All Humanity (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal '''Context''' The final mantra of the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad envisions Brahman as the Light of the universe, replete with spiritual treasures, wisdom, and bliss. It is a prayer addressed to the Lord as the Cosmic Fire and Light, the knower of all actions and intentions, beseeching Him to grant mokṣa. '''अग्ने नय सुपथा राये अस्मान् विश्वानि देव वयुनानि...")
11:57, 8 January 2026 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: Life Review and Remembrance of Brahman (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal '''Context''' This mantra is traditionally recited in the final moments of life to remind the aspirant that the physical body is temporary and perishable, whereas the ātmā is eternal and constitutes one’s true identity. '''वायुरनिलममृतमथेदं भस्मान्तं शरीरम् ।''' '''ॐ क्रतो स्मर कृतं स्मर क्रतो स्मर कृतं...")
08:47, 8 January 2026 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: Mokṣa of a Yogī at His Physical Death (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal '''Mokṣa of a Yogī at His Physical Death (Mantras 15–16)''' The textual order and wording of the concluding mantras of the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad differ between the Kāṇva and Mādhyandina Śākhās. According to the Sarvānukramaṇī of the Śukla Yajurveda, belonging to the Mādhyandina Śākhā and traditionally attributed to Muni Kātyāyana, the final three mantras describe the last moments of a Yogī who attains mokṣa...")
05:50, 8 January 2026 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: The Temporary and the Permanent (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal '''Context''' Some may be inclined to dismiss the material world and its objects as insignificant or unworthy of attention. The following triad of mantras explains that although created material objects are indeed temporary, they are nevertheless indispensable for embodied existence. When used in accordance with dharm, they can serve as aids on the path to mokṣa. However, ultimate liberation arises only from absorption in the uncreate...")
16:41, 7 January 2026 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: Spiritual Wisdom and Karm (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal '''Context''' The following triad of mantras, numbered 9 to 11, clarifies the relative significance and the mutual necessity of Action, designated here as avidyā, and Spiritual Wisdom, designated as vidyā. After the exposition of the nature of Brahman and the characteristics of the Jīvanmukta in the earlier mantras, a possible confusion may arise regarding the role of action and knowledge in spiritual life. These verses address that...")
14:46, 7 January 2026 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: Nature of the Divine (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal '''Context''' When the Jīvanmukta ātmā finally sheds its mortal body, it transcends all limitations of space, time, knowledge, happiness, and moral conditioning. It attains a divine state identical with Brahman, except for the absence of control over cosmic functions such as creation and dissolution. The following mantra describes the nature of Brahman in which the liberated ātmā abides after the attainment of mokṣa. '''Mantra 8...")
11:50, 7 January 2026 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: Characteristics of a Jīvanmukta (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal '''Context''' How is one to recognise a person who has understood the nature of Brahman and has assimilated spiritual wisdom while still living in a mortal body? Later Vedāntic literature employs the term Jīvanmukta, meaning one who is liberated even while embodied. The following two mantras describe the characteristics of such a Jīvanmukta. '''Mantra 6''' '''यस्तु सर्वाणि भूतानि आत्मन...")
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08:37, 7 January 2026 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: Mysterious Nature of the Divine (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal '''Context''' The following two mantras of the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad describe the profoundly mysterious and paradoxical nature of Brahman, who transcends the reach of the senses, the mind, and even the cognitive powers of the Devas. Brahman is presented as immanent yet unreachable, motionless yet surpassing all movement, forming a central Upaniṣadic meditation on transcendence and immanence. '''Mantra 4''' '''**अनेजदे...")
06:57, 7 January 2026 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: Fate of Materialistic People (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal '''Context:''' This verse reinforces the ideas discussed in the first two verses. It emphatically declares that there is indeed a reality beyond the perceptible world, which alone is the source of true happiness. '''Mantra 3''' '''Kāṇva version''' ''असुर्या नाम ते लोका अन्धेन तमसा आवृताः ।'' ''तांस्ते प्रेत्याभिगच्छन...")
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17:02, 5 January 2026 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: Karmyog (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal Context: With the spiritual frame of mind taught in the preceding verse, we should all perform our duties ceaselessly- This is the central idea of this verse. Mantra 2 क ु व नेवेह कमािण िजजीिवषे छतं समाः । एवं विय ना यथेतोऽि त न कम िल यते नरे ॥ २ ॥ [Same in the two Shākhās] Translation: Performing Karma in this...")
08:39, 26 December 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad:Spirituality over Materialism (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal '''Context''' The first verse of the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad gives the essence of the spiritual teaching of Hinduism: that God is the ruler and the immanent controller of the universe and the ultimate reality, while the world is subject to change and destruction according to His will. Material objects are to be used with a sense of detachment and gratitude. '''Mantra 1''' Devanāgarī (standardized text) ॐ ईशा वास्...")
11:34, 23 December 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Commentary on Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: Śānti Mantra (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal Traditionally, the study of the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad is commenced with this mantra from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.1.1 (= Mādhyandina Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 14.8.1). '''ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते ।''' '''पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥''' '''ॐ श...")
11:21, 23 December 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Traditional Commentaries and Modern Translations (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal In a broad sense, the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, in both its Mādhyandina and Kāṇva recensions<ref>The Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad occurs in Kāṇḍa 14 of the Mādhyandina recension and Kāṇḍa 17 of the Kāṇva recension of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa. The Mādhyandina version consists of fourteen kāṇḍas divided into exactly one hundred chapters, while the Kāṇva version has seventeen kāṇḍas comprising one hundred and fou...")
09:44, 23 December 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Devatā (Subject Matter or Addressee) of the Mantras (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal The Devatā of a mantra is that to whom the mantra is addressed, or alternatively, the principal subject matter that the mantra seeks to reveal. In the case of the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad, the Devatā of the mantras is generally understood to be the Ātmā, indicating that the text is fundamentally Vedāntic in orientation rather than ritualistic in purpose. As noted by Śaṅkarācārya and other traditional commentators, the precedin...")
05:18, 11 December 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page File:Ashwini Kumaras Goes to Rsi Dadhichi to ask for his help fight against Vritra.jpg
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16:13, 10 December 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:R̥ṣi of the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal All the sections of the Vedic Saṃhitās have a ‘Rishi’ to whom they were revealed and who experienced them and taught them to others. This Upaniṣhad, being a part of the Saṃhitā, also has a Rishi named ‘Dadhyanc Ātharvaṇa’. In the Vedic tradition, it is imperative to know the name of the Rishi associated with the mantras and something about him because this knowledge sheds light on the meaning of the mantras revealed...")
15:15, 10 December 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:The Names of Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad is so called because Īshāvāsya is the first word of this text<ref>Similarly, ‘Kena’ is the first word of the Kena Upaniṣhad.</ref>. The text is known by a few alternative names- #Īshopaniṣhad – This is just a short version of the name Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad. #Vājasneyi Upaniṣhad – the Shukla Yajurveda recensions are also known as Vājasneyī Shākhā because it is believed that they were r...")
15:13, 10 December 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Importance, Position, Versions of Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal In most lists of Upaniṣhads, Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad is mentioned first. Several reasons could be conjectured for this: #Of all the major Upaniṣhads, it is the only one occurring in the Saṃhitā portion of the Vedas. All others are embedded in Brāhmaṇa and Āraṇyaka portions of the Vedas or survive as independent texts. The Vedic Saṃhitās are considered the most authoritative portion of the Vedas and are accepted as div...")
13:14, 10 December 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:General Introduction to Upaniṣhads (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal This work is a brief commentary on the short but extremely significant Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad for students who are new to the study of Vedānta. If Nārāyaṇa wills, I will write a longer commentary in the future on this scripture with extracts from traditional commentaries, grammatical notes and parallel passages from other texts. In the first reading, one can skip sections 1.0 and 6.0 and also the ‘Notes’ sub-sections in the C...")
10:10, 10 December 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad (Created page with "By Vishal Agarwal This work is a brief commentary on the short but extremely significant Īshāvāsya Upaniṣhad for students who are new to the study of Vedānta. If Nārāyaṇa wills, I will write a longer commentary in the future on this scripture with extracts from traditional commentaries, grammatical notes and parallel passages from other texts. In the first reading, one can skip sections 1.0 and 6.0 and also the ‘Notes’ sub-sections in the C...")
16:42, 24 October 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Abul Basar (Created page with "{{Author|Sachi Anjunkar}} Abul Basar is a Professor at the Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, Glocal University, Mirzapur, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, as of July 2023<ref>* [https://hist.uic.edu/profiles/mantena-rama-sundari/ Rama Mantena page on University of Illinois, Chicago] accessed July 2023</ref>. According to her university profile, her research interests include colonial archives and the production of knowledge, historiography and the practices of histo...")
16:26, 24 October 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Bhavanari Satyanarayana (Created page with "{{Author|Sachi Anjunkar}} Satyanarayana is a Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Acharya Nagarjuna University as of October 2025<ref>[https://www.nagarjunauniversity.ac.in/departments/science/mathematics/MATHEMATICS/mathametics/Prof.B.Satyanarayana.html Bhavanari Satyanarayana University Profile] accessed July 2023</ref>. According to his university profile, his research interests include Special Functions, SFuzzy Algebra, and SGraph theory...")
15:55, 24 October 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Poonam Kumar Sharma (Created page with "{{Author|Sachi Anjunkar}} Poonam Kumar Sharma is Head of Post Graduate Department of Mathematics D.A.V. College, Jalandhar, as of April 2025<ref>[https://www.davjalandhar.com/facultyprofiles/cv_pksharma.pdf Poonam Kumar Sharma CV] accessed October 2025</ref>. According to his university profile, his research interests include His Fields of Specialization are Algebra, Topology and Fuzzy Mathematics He has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the...")
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