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The Prashna Upanishad ((サンスクリット:प्रश्न उपनिषद्), ) is an ancient Sanskrit text, embedded inside Atharva Veda, ascribed to ''Pippalada'' sakha of Vedic scholars.〔 It is a Mukhya (primary) Upanishad, and is listed as number 4 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads of Hinduism. The Prashna Upanishad contains six ''Prashna'' (questions), and each is a chapter with a discussion of answers.〔Robert Hume, (Prasna Upanishad ), Thirteen Principal Upanishads, Oxford University Press, pages 378-390〕 The chapters end with the phrase, ''prasnaprativakanam'', which literally means, "thus ends the answer to the question".〔 In some manuscripts discovered in India, the Upanishad is divided into three ''Adhyayas'' (chapters) with a total of six ''Kandikas'' (कण्डिका, short sections).〔Eduard Roer, (Prashna Upanishad ) Bibliotheca Indica, Vol. XV, No. 41 and 50, Asiatic Society of Bengal, pages 119-141〕 The first three questions are profound metaphysical questions but, states Eduard Roer,〔 do not contain any defined, philosophical answers, are mostly embellished mythology and symbolism. The fourth section, in contrast, contains substantial philosophy. The last two sections discuss the symbol Om and Moksha concept.〔 Roer as well as Weber suggest that the last two Prashnas may be spurious, later age insertion into the original Upanishad.〔Eduard Roer, (Prashna Upanishad ) Bibliotheca Indica, Vol. XV, No. 41 and 50, Asiatic Society of Bengal, pages 138 with footnote 1〕 Prashna Upanishad is notable for its structure and sociological insights into the education process in ancient India.〔Charles Johnston, The Mukhya Upanishads: Books of Hidden Wisdom, (1920-1931), The Mukhya Upanishads, Kshetra Books, ISBN 978-1495946530 (Reprinted in 2014), (Archive of Prashna Upanishad, pages 46-51, 115-118 )〕 The Upanishad is also known as the Prashnopanishad ((サンスクリット:प्रश्नोपनिषद्), ). In some historic Indian literature and commentaries, it is also called ''Shat Prasna Upanishad''.〔 ==Etymology== Prashna (प्रश्न) literally means, in modern usage, "question, query, inquiry".〔(prazna ) Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon〕 In ancient and medieval era Indian texts, the word had two additional context-dependent meanings: "task, lesson" and "short section or paragraph", with former common in Vedic recitations.〔 In Prashna Upanishad, all these contextual roots are relevant. The text consists of questions with lessons, and the sections of the Upanishad are also called ''prashna''. 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「Prashna Upanishad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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