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The Taittirīya Upanishad is is extensively used by South Indian Vaidikas in all auspicious ceremonies such as daily household worship, daily temple worship and other similar occasions that command Vedic recitals.<ref name=":0" /> There are some often used recitations of this Upanishad such as "The Parting Instruction of the Vedic Tutor to His Disciples", "The Description of Five Fold Factorization of of the Human Personality", The Upward Journey of the Departed Soul After Release From Fleshly Bondage".  

The Taittirīya Upanishad is is extensively used by South Indian Vaidikas in all auspicious ceremonies such as daily household worship, daily temple worship and other similar occasions that command Vedic recitals.<ref name=":0" /> There are some often used recitations of this Upanishad such as "The Parting Instruction of the Vedic Tutor to His Disciples", "The Description of Five Fold Factorization of of the Human Personality", The Upward Journey of the Departed Soul After Release From Fleshly Bondage".  

The Taittirīya Upanishad is associated with the Taittirīya school of the Yajurveda, attributed to the pupils of sage Tittiri (literally, "[[Partridge]]").<ref name=aweber/> It lists as number 7 in the [[Muktika]] canon of 108 Upanishads.

The Upanishad derives its name from a disciple of Sage Vaisampayana, called the Vedic [[Taittiriya Shakha|sage Tittiri]]. Tittiri was an instrumental figure in spreading the letter and verses of this whole branch of Vedas (Yajurveda).<ref name=":0" />

The Taittirīya Upanishad is the seventh, eighth and ninth chapters of ''Taittirīya [[Āraṇyaka]]'', which are also called, respectively, the ''Śikṣāvallī'', the ''Ānandavallī'' and the ''Bhṛguvallī''.<ref name=pauldeussen/> The Upanishad includes verses that are partly prayers and benedictions, partly instruction on phonetics and praxis, partly advice on ethics and morals given to graduating students from ancient Vedic ''[[gurukula]]''-s (schools), partly a treatise on allegory, and partly philosophical instruction.<ref name="pauldeussen" />

s the student of [[Yāska]]; or alternatively, it being a collection of verses from mythical students who became "[[partridge]]s" (birds) in order to gain knowledge.<ref name="aweber">A Weber, {{Google books|8nsoAAAAYAAJ|History of Indian Literature|page=87}}, Trubner & Co, pages 87-91</ref> The later root of the title comes from the nature of Taittriya Upanishad which, like the rest of "dark or black Yajur Veda", is a motley, confusing collection of unrelated but individually meaningful verses.<ref name="aweber" />

Each chapter of the Taittiriya Upanishad is called a ''Valli'' (वल्ली), which literally means a medicinal [[vine]]-like climbing plant that grows independently yet is attached to a main tree. Paul Deussen states that this symbolic terminology is apt and likely reflects the root and nature of the Taittiriya Upanishad, which too is largely independent of the liturgical Yajur Veda, and is attached to the main text.<ref name=pauldeussen/>

''Taittiriya'' is a Sanskrit word that means "from Tittiri". The root of this name has been interpreted in two ways: "from Vedic [[Taittiriya Shakha|sage Tittiri]]", who was the student of [[Yāska]]; or alternatively, it being a collection of verses from mythical students who became "[[partridge]]s" (birds) in order to gain knowledge.<ref name=aweber>A Weber, {{Google books|8nsoAAAAYAAJ|History of Indian Literature|page=87}}, Trubner & Co, pages 87-91</ref> The later root of the title comes from the nature of Taittriya Upanishad which, like the rest of "dark or black Yajur Veda", is a motley, confusing collection of unrelated but individually meaningful verses.<ref name=aweber/>

 

The Taittirīya Upanishad is associated with the Taittirīya school of the Yajurveda, attributed to the pupils of sage Tittiri (literally, "[[Partridge]]").<ref name="aweber" /> It lists as number 7 in the [[Muktika]] canon of 108 Upanishads.

Each chapter of the Taittiriya Upanishad is called a ''Valli'' (वल्ली), which literally means a medicinal [[vine]]-like climbing plant that grows independently yet is attached to a main tree. Paul Deussen states that this symbolic terminology is apt and likely reflects the root and nature of the Taittiriya Upanishad, which too is largely independent of the liturgical Yajur Veda, and is attached to the main text.<ref name=pauldeussen/>

The Taittirīya Upanishad is the seventh, eighth and ninth chapters of ''Taittirīya [[Āraṇyaka]]'', which are also called, respectively, the ''Śikṣāvallī'', the ''Ānandavallī'' and the ''Bhṛguvallī''.<ref name="pauldeussen" /> The Upanishad includes verses that are partly prayers and benedictions, partly instruction on phonetics and praxis, partly advice on ethics and morals given to graduating students from ancient Vedic ''[[gurukula]]''-s (schools), partly a treatise on allegory, and partly philosophical instruction.<ref name="pauldeussen" />

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