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Kena Upaniṣad · c. 500–200 BCE · Vedic Sanskrit · Samaveda
Traditional: Ṛṣi tradition
Scholarly note: Named from its opening interrogative “kena” (by whom?).
Direct the aspirant beyond sense-gods to Brahman as the true ground of perception and thought.
Extent · Four sections (34 mantras in some rescensions)
Verses followed by prose narrative of the gods humbled before Brahman.