Aitareya Upanishad

The Aitareya Upanishad is a short prose text from the Aitareya Aranyaka in the Rig Veda. It explains the symbolic meaning of the rituals described in the previous chapters of the Aranyaka, and contains particularly famous aphorisms (maha vakya) like prajnanam brahma - "Brahman is perfect knowledge". Aitareya Upanishad discusses the philosophy of the individual and the self, the theory of reincarnation, and the relationship between individual consciousness and the universal consciousness.

Aitareya 1.3.14

Therefore His name is Idandra. He is verily known as Idandra. Although He is Idandra, they call Him indirectly Indra; for the gods are verily fond of indirect names, the gods are verily fond of indirect names.



  • tasmādidandro —

  • nāmedandro —

  • ha —

  • vai —

  • nāma —

  • tamidandraṃ —

  • santamiṃdra —

  • ityācakṣate —

  • parokṣeṇa —

  • parokṣapriyā —

  • iva —

  • hi —

  • devāḥ —

  • parokṣapriyā —

  • iva —

  • hi —

  • devāḥ —

Aitareya Upanishad