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ISAVASYA UPANISHAD
ISA UPANISHAD
or
ISAVASYA UPANISHAD
THE DOCTRINE OF THE IMMANENCE OF JESUS
Agnihotra (Fire Sacrifice)
Somayajna (Drink Sacrifice)
This Upanishad belongs to the Vajasaneyi School of the Yajur Veda - White Yajur Veda. The Vajasaneya Samhita consists of forty chapters and Isa Upanishad is the last of it. Unlike the other Upanishads, it is directly included in the Samhita itself as its final chapter, rather than as a separate section. White Yajurveda has two branches: vajasaneyi madhyandina (VSM), vajasaneyi kanva (VSK) and the Isa Upanishad appear in both with some variation.
The earlier 39 chapters refer to liturgies and procedures associated with rituals in detail. These are the contents of the forty chapters:
1-2: New and Full Moon sacrifices
3:
4-8:
9-10: Vajapeya and Rajasuya, two modifications of the Soma sacrifice
11-18: Details regarding construction of altars and hearths, especially the Agnicayana
19.-21.: Sautramani, a ritual originally counteracting the effects of excessive Soma-drinking 22.-25. Ashvamedha (horse sacrifice)
26.-29. supplementary formulas for various rituals
30.-31.: Purushamedha (Sacrifice of Person Prajapathi - The Lord of Hosts)
32.-34.:
Sarvamedha (All Sacrifice)
35.:
Pitriyajna (Sacrifice to honor those who are dead)
36.-39.:
Pravargya (Sacrifice associated with the restoration of the head of Prajapathi after he being beheaded by Rudra - The resurrection)
40.:
Isha Upanishad
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