I don’t believe such phrasing is in the Brihad either, but there are resonances (along with Madhav’s suggestion) in the Brahmavallī of TU (for example, 2.8-9 and a parallel in BAU 4.3.33, on degrees of bliss that culminate with brahman and then discuss death, i.e., a return).
-- STEVEN E. LINDQUIST, PH.D. ALTSHULER DISTINGUISHED TEACHING PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, RELIGIOUS STUDIES DIRECTOR, ASIAN STUDIES https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Literary-Life-of-Yajnavalkya ____________________ Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, SMU PO Box 750202 | Dallas | TX | 75275-0202 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Web: http://people.smu.edu/slindqui<http://faculty.smu.edu/slindqui> From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of Victor Van Bijlert via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM To: Patrick Olivelle <[email protected]>, Harsha Dehejia <[email protected]> Cc: Indology List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Mundaka Upanishad I think this passage sounds more like Taittiryiya or Brihad Aranyaka. If you use Jacob you could perhaps find the passage by looking for ananda. Greetings Victor van Bijlert Verzonden vanaf Outlook voor Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of Patrick Olivelle via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2025 7:57:24 PM To: Harsha Dehejia <[email protected]> Cc: Indology List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Mundaka Upanishad I do not think there is any such expression in the Muṇḍaka. On Jan 15, 2025, at 9:56 PM, Harsha Dehejia via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: Friends: Could you please give me the exact quote in Sanskrit from the Mundaka which goes something like this: Brahman is joy, through joy it expresses and into joy it returns. Kind regards, Harsha Harsha V. Dehejia _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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