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Question

Which Upanishad describes the philosophical dialogue between Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi?

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Brihadaranyaka

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, especially 2.4 and 4.5. When Yajnavalkya prepares to renounce household life, Maitreyi asks whether wealth can secure immortality. He explains that wealth cannot do so and teaches the importance of knowing the Self, for whose sake other things are held dear.

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Important Questions from Vedic and later Vedic periods - Teaching

  1. Which of the following Vedic Literature contains the 'Sanskaras' right from inception to cremation?

  2. The location of the vedic river Sarasvati is indicatiod by its mention in the Nadistuti-Sukta of the Rigveda between

  3. The account of the Great Flood in which a divine Fish has been described as rescuing Manu

  4. Itihasa-Purana has been mentioned as the Fifth Veda in

  5. The important official next to the king during the Vedic age was:

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