Óïàíèøàäû â 3-õ êíèãàõ. Êí. 2-ÿ. Ïåð. ïðåäèñë. è êîìì. À.ß. Ñûðêèíà. — Ì.: Íàóêà, Ëàäîìèð, 1991. – ÏÐÈËÎÆÅÍÈÅ, Ñ.333-336.
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The present publication joins the translations of Bṛhadāraṇyaka (Moscow 1964) and Chāndogya (Moscow 1965) upaniṣads issued in the same series. It contains the complete translation of the other eleven most ancient and important upaniṣads: Aitareya, Kauṣītaki, Kena, Taittirīya, Kaṭha, Śvetāśvatara, Maitri, Iiśā, Muṇḍaka, Praśna, Māṇḍūkya, dated by the majority of the scholars back to no later than the first centuries B.C. and from ancient times referred to by Indian philosophers. These texts (most of them appear in Russian translation for the first time) provide an invaluable source for the study of different aspects of Hinduism. The doctrine of Ātman and Brahman in Aitareya, Kauṣītaki, Kena, Kaṭha, Maitri; the physiological and psychological speculations in Praśna, Māṇḍūkya; the interpretation of ritual in Kauṣītaki, Taittirīya, Muṇḍaka, the information about Yoga and the Rudra worship in Śvetāśvatara, etc. may be cited in this connection.
Besides the eleven abovementioned texts the samples of some later upaniṣads are to be found in the Appendix. Among them Vajrasūcika, Ātma, Brahmabindu, Kaivalya are completely translated and Mahānārāyaṇa, Chāgaleya, Subāla, Paiṅgala, Yogatattva, Kaṇṭhaśruti, Jābāla, Nīlarudra, Rāmapūrvatāpanīya are presented in excerpts. These upaniṣads contain important information on the evolution of the orthodox Hinduism (e.g. on the development of the doctrine of aśramas, the view, on varṇas, etc.), on Shivaism, Vishnuism, Yoga etc.
The publications by S. Radhakrishnan, Swami Gambhirananda, Em. Lesimple, L. Renou, L. Silburn, R. Hauschild, etc. were used by the translator (see Bibliography).
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The Foreword contains brief information about the texts and suggests some aspects of their further study. The Commentary does not claim to be exhaustive (both from the point of view of text criticism, and in the interpretation of certain reminiscences involving some particular problems of psychology, philosophy, etc.) and explains only certain realia occurring in the text. The available traditional Indian commentaries and the interpretations of some contemporary scholars have been taken into consideration. The book contains short Bibliography, List of abbreviations and Index of names.