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The Devi Upanishad (Sanskrit:देवी उपनिषत्), also called the Devyopanishad (देव्युपनिषत्), is one of the minor Upanishads and is listed at 81 in the serial order in the Muktika enumerated by Rama to Hanuman, in the modern era anthology of 108 Upanishads. Composed in Sanskrit, it is one of the 19 Upanishads of the Atharvaveda, and is classified as one of the eight Shakta Upanishads of Hinduism. This important Tantric and Shaktism text, states Cheever Mackenzie Brown, was probably composed sometime between the ninth and fourteenth centuries CE. The Goddess, addressed in most general terms as Mahadevi, represents all goddesses. The Devi Upanishad is part of the five Atharva Shiras Upanishads, each of which are named after the five main deities or shrines (''panchayatanan'') of Ganapati, Narayana, Rudra, Surya and Devi. The Shakta philosophy propounded in this Upanishad is that Shakti is essentially Brahman (ultimate metaphysical Reality), from her arise Prakṛti (matter) and Purusha (consciousness), she is bliss and non-bliss, the Vedas and what is different from it, the born and the unborn, and all of the universe. She is stated to be the creative power of Shiva. This philosophy is also found in the Tripura Tapani Upanishad, the Bharicha Upanishad, and the Guhyakalo Upanishad. ==Foundation and structure== The Devi Upanishad comprises 32 verses after an invocation prescribed in Atharvaveda. The text discusses and reveres Devi, a goddess in Hinduism, as the highest principle and ultimate truth in the universe (Brahman). The foundational premises of reverence for the feminine, as stated in the Devi Upanishad, are present in the Rigveda, in the following hymn, The Devi Upanishad, in a manner similar to this Rigvedic hymn, asserts that from Goddess arise Prakṛti (matter) and Purusha (consciousness), she is bliss and non-bliss, from her emerged the Vedas and what is different from it, the born and the unborn, and all of the universe. She suggests that "Brahman and non-Brahman must be known", that she is all the five elements, as well as all that is different from these elements, what is above, what is below, what is around, and thus the universe in its entirety. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Devi Upanishad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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