Devi Upanishad (देव्युपनिषत्)
Devi Upanishad (Samskrit: देव्युपनिषत्) is one of the minor Upanishads listed as the 81st of the 108 upanishads mentioned in the muktikopanishad.[1] It is a shakta upanishad (ie. an upanishad extolling shakti) belonging to the Atharvaveda.[2] In this Upanishad, Devi declares that she is the all; the deities pray to her with Devi-Gayatri; and the Goddess is identified with Adi-vidya through whom sorrow is overcome.[3]
शान्तिमन्त्रः ॥ Shanti Mantra
The Muktikopanishad mentions 'bhadram karnebhih' as the shanti mantra for Devi Upanishad belonging to the Atharvaveda.
प्रश्नमुंडकमांडुक्य...त्रिपुरातपनदेवीभावना...दत्तात्रेयगारुडानामथर्ववेदगतानामेकत्रिंशत्संख्याकानामुपनिषदां भद्रं कर्णेभिरिति शांतिः ॥५॥[4] praśnamuṁḍakamāṁḍukya...tripurātapanadevībhāvanā...dattātreyagāruḍānāmatharvavedagatānāmekatriṁśatsaṁkhyākānāmupaniṣadāṁ bhadraṁ karṇebhiriti śāṁtiḥ ॥5॥
References
- ↑ 108 Upanishads
- ↑ Devi Upanishad
- ↑ TMP Mahadevan, The Upanishads, Madras: G.A.Natesan & Co.
- ↑ Muktikopanishad