The Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana (JUB) ( sa, जैमिनीय उपनिषद्-ब्राह्मण, ') or the Talavakara Upanishad Brahmana ( sa, तलवकार उपनिषद्-ब्राह्मण, ') is a

Vedic upright=1.2, The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the '' Atharvaveda''. The Vedas (, , ) are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the ...

text associated with the ''Jaiminiya'' or the ''Talavakara''

shakha A shakha (Sanskrit ', "branch" or "limb") is a Hindu theological school that specializes in learning certain Vedic texts, or else the traditional texts followed by such a school.V. S. Apte. A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary, p. 913, left column.Moni ...

of the Samaveda. It is considered as an

Aranyaka The Aranyakas (; sa, आरण्यक; IAST: ' ) are the part of the ancient Indian Vedas concerned with the meaning of ritual sacrifice. They typically represent the later sections of the Vedas, and are one of many layers of the Vedic texts ...

. A part of this text forms the Kena Upanishad. Together with the Bṛhadāraṇyaka and Chāndogya Upanishads, it dates to the Brahmana period of

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, likely predating the 6th century BCE. This first printed edition of this text, edited by Hanns Oertel along with its translation into English by him was published in the Journal of the American Oriental Society in 1896. It is not to be confused with the

Jaiminiya Brahmana The Samaveda (, from ' "song" and ' "knowledge"), is the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and part of the scriptures of Hinduism. One of the four Vedas, it is a liturgical text which consists of 1,875 verses. A ...

(JB), the actual Brahmana text of the ''Jaiminiya'' ''shakha'' of the Samaveda.

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* Sri Aurobindo, ''The Upanishads'

Sri Aurobindo Ashram,

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. 1972. Brahmanas Upanishads Hindu texts

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