VEDANTA: P 4 of 23

VEDANTA   OR   UPANISHADS:  ( P  5  of  20)
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VEDANTA     means   culmination   VEDIC   RITUALS  &   Darshan (Darshanis   not Philosophy but spiritualexperience).
Krishna Dwaipayan  who   classiffied  the whole   Veda   and  was  known  as  Veda-vyas    who  Classified Veda    as   follows :

Four    Parts   e.g     RIK ----- -SAAM-- ---JOZU    and   ATHARBA.

Out  of  those    four Vedas , eleven    UPANISHADS   were   recognized    by  Adi Shankaracharya
in  the  following  way:

1...RIK    ----------------------------->AITAREYA UPANUSHAD
 2.  SAAM---------------------------->.KENA  &   CHHANDIGYA    UPANISHADS
3 i)  KRISHNA   JOZURVEDA------>KATHOPANISHAD .,TAITTORYA.&SHETASHWETARA
   ii)   SHUKLA  JOZURVEDA  ------->BRIHADARANYAKA   & ISHOPANISHAD
4, ATHARBA   VEDA  ------------.MANDUKYA ,  MUNDAKO   &   PRASHNA  UPANISHADS
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Without  going    further  into  the  details  of   Historical  Evolutionary  developments I shall   try   to   the  ESSENCE   of  each with   my   aim   to  update  the general  public  with the necessary  minimum .