Muktikā

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The Muktikā ("deliverance", see mukti) refers to the canon of 108 upaniṣadas of the Advaita school enumerated in the Muktikopaniṣad, the 108th of which is the Muktikopaniṣad itself. It predates the 1656 CE record of the canon by Dara Shikoh.

The Canon

The following eleven Upanishads are considered to be the topmost: Isa, Kena, Katha, Prasna, Mundaka, Mandukya, Taittiriya, Aitareya, Chandogya, Brihad-aranyaka and Svetasvatara.

The 108 upaniṣadas of the canon are enumerated in the Muktikopaniṣad, in verses 30-39. They are as follows:

1. Isha Upanishad [1]
2. Kena Upanishad [2]
3. Katha Upanishad [3]
4. Prashna Upanishad [4]
5. Mundaka Upanishad [5]
6. Mandukya Upanishad [6]
7. Taittiriya Upanishad [7]
8. Aitareya Upanishad [8]
9. Chandogya Upanishad [9]
10. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad [10]
11. Brahmopanishad[11]
12. Kaivalyopanishad[12]
13. Jabalopanishad[13]
14. Shvetashvatara Upanishad [14]
15. Hamsopanishad
16. Aruneyopanishad
17. Garbhopanishad
18. Narayanopanishad
19. Paramahamsopanishad
20. Amrita-bindupanishad
21. Nada-bindupanishad
22. Siropanishad
23. Atharva-sikhopanishad
24. Maitrayaniya Upanishad
25. Kaushitaki Upanishad
26. Brihaj-jabalopanishad
27. Nrisimha-tapaniyopanishad
28. Kalagni-rudropanishad
29. Maitreyy-upanishad
30. Subalopanishad
31. Kshurikopanishad
32. Mantrikopanishad
33. Sarva-saropanishad
34. Niralambopanishad
35. Suka-rahasyopanishad
36. Vajra-sucikopanishad
37. Tejo-bindupanishad
38. Nada-bindupanishad
39. Dhyana-bindupanishad
40. Brahma-vidyopanishad
41. Yoga-tattvopanishad
42. Atma-bodhopanishad
43. Narada-parivrajakopanishad
44. Trisikhy-upanishad
45. Sitopanishad
46. Yoga-cudamany-upanishad
47. Nirvanopanishad
48. Mandala-brahmanopanishad
49. Dakshina-murty-upanishad
50. Sarabhopanishad
51. Skandopanishad
52. Mahanarayanopanishad
53. Advaya-tarakopanishad
54. Rama-rahasyopanishad
55. Rama-tapany-upanishad
56. Vasudevopanishad
57. Mudgalopanishad
58. Sandilyopanishad
59. Paingalopanishad
60. Bhikshupanishad
61. Mahad-upanishad
62. Sarirakopanishad
63. Yoga-sikhopanishad
64. Turiyatitopanishad
65. Sannyasopanishad
66. Paramahamsa-parivrajakopanishad
67. Malikopanishad
68. Avyaktopanishad
69. Ekaksharopanishad
70. Purnopanishad
71. Suryopanishad
72. Akshy-upanishad
73. Adhyatmopanishad
74. Kundikopanishad
75. Savitry-upanishad
76. Atmopanishad
77. Pasupatopanishad
78. Param-brahmopanishad
79. Avadhutopanishad
80. Tripuratapanopanishad
81. Devy-upanishad
82. Tripuropanishad
83. Katha-rudropanishad
84. Bhavanopanishad
85. Hridayopanishad
86. Yoga-kundaliny-upanishad
87. Bhasmopanishad
88. Rudrakshopanishad
89. Ganopanishad
90. Darsanopanishad
91. Tara-saropanishad
92. Maha-vakyopanishad
93. Panca-brahmopanishad
94. Pranagni-hotropanishad
95. Gopala-tapany-upanishad
96. Krishnopanishad
97. Yajnavalkyopanishad
98. Varahopanishad
99. Satyayany-upanishad
100. Hayagrivopanishad
101. Dattatreyopanishad
102. Garudopanishad
103. Kaly-upanishad
104. Jabaly-upanishad
105. Saubhagyopanishad
106. Sarasvati-rahasyopanishad
107. Bahvricopanishad
108. Muktikopanishad

Categories

In this canon,

• 10 upaniṣads are associated with the Rigveda and have the shānti beginning vaṇme-manasi.
• 16 upaniṣads are associated with the Samaveda and have the shānti beginning āpyāyantu.
• 19 upaniṣads are associated with the Shukla Yajurveda and have the shānti beginning pūrṇamada.
• 32 upaniṣads are associated with the Krishna Yajurveda and have the shānti beginning sahanāvavatu.
• 31 upaniṣads are associated with the Atharvaveda and have the shānti beginning bhadram-karṇebhiḥ.

The first 10 are grouped as mukhya ("principal"). 21 are grouped as Sāmānya Vedānta ("common Vedanta"), 23 as Sannyāsa, 9 as Shākta, 14 as Vaishnava, 14 as Shaiva and 17 as Yoga Upanishads.

	Shukla Yajurveda	Krishna Yajurveda	Atharvaveda	Samaveda	Ṛgveda
Mukhya	Īṣa Bṛhadāraṇyaka	Kaṭha Taittirīya	Praśna Muṇḍaka Māṇḍūkya	Kena Chāndogya	Aitareya
Sāmānya	Subāla Mantrikā Nirālamba Paiṅgala Adhyātmā Muktikā	Sarvasāra Śukarahasya Skanda (Tripāḍvibhūṭi) Śārīraka Ekākṣara Akṣi Prāṇāgnihotra	Sūrya Ātmā	Vajrasūchi Mahad Sāvitrī	Kauśītāki Ātmabodha Mudgala
Sannyāsa	Jābāla Paramahaṃsa Advayatāraka Bhikṣu Turīyātīta Yājñavalkya Śāṭyāyani	Brahma Śvetāśvatara Garbha Tejobindu Avadhūta Kaṭharudra Varāha	Parivrāt (Nāradaparivrājaka) Paramahaṃsaparivrājaka Parabrahma	Āruṇeya Maitrāyaṇi Maitreyi Sannyāsa Kuṇḍika	Nirvāṇa
Śākta		Sarasvatīrahasya	Sītā Annapūrṇa Devī Tripurātapani Bhāvana		Tripura Saubhāgya Bahvṛca
Vaiṣṇava	Tārasāra	Nārāyaṇa (Mahānārāyaṇa) Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa (Kali)	Nṛsiṃhatāpanī Mahānārāyaṇa (Tripādvibhuti) Rāmarahasya Rāmatāpaṇi Gopālatāpani Kṛṣṇa Hayagrīva Dattātreya Gāruḍa	Vāsudeva Avyakta
Śaiva		Kaivalya [15] Kālāgnirudra Dakṣiṇāmūrti Rudrahṛdaya Pañcabrahma	Śira Atharvaśikha Bṛhajjābāla Śarabha Bhasma Gaṇapati	Rudrākṣa Jābāla	Akṣamālika (Mālika)
Yoga	Haṃsa Triśikhi Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa	Amṛtabindu Amṛtanāda Kṣurika Dhyānabindu Brahmavidyā Yogatattva Yogaśikhā Yogakuṇḍalini	Śāṇḍilya Pāśupata Mahāvākya	Yogachūḍāmaṇi Darśana	Nādabindu

External links

• translation of the Muktika by A. G. Krishna Warrier
• 108 Upanishads of the Muktika