The Sāmaveda's Upaniṣads · Chapter Overview
From The Sāmaveda — The Veda That Is Sung, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="statement"> 🕉️ Two of the principal Upaniṣads belong to the Sāmaveda, and they are among the greatest. The Chāndogya Upaniṣad belongs to the Kauthuma–Rāṇāyanīya line — this course's own recension. Its name comes from chandoga, "the singer of metres", the Sāmavedic chanter. It is not appended to a Brāhmaṇa from outside: it IS prapāṭhakas 3 to 10 of the Chāndogya Brāhmaṇa, whose first two prapāṭhakas are the Mantra Brāhmaṇa of household rites. So Chāndogya Upaniṣad chapter 1 is Brāhmaṇa chapter 3, and so on to the end. The Kena Upaniṣad belongs to the Jaiminīya line and sits inside the Jaiminīyopaniṣad Brāhmaṇa — which is why it also carries the name Talavakāra Upaniṣad. And notice where the Chāndogya begins. Not with a doctrine, not with a creation account, but with the syllable sung at the head of every sāman: Om, the udgītha. The Veda that sings arrives at philosophy through its own music. </pre>