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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1

Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.1)

uśan ha vai vājaśravasaḥ sarvavedasaṃ dadau /  
tasya ha naciketā nāma putra āsa //

> VÂGASRAVASA, desirous (of heavenly rewards), surrendered (at a sacrifice) all that he possessed. He had a son of the name of Nakiketas.  
> — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

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## Translations (1)

- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.6) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.1.1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.1) — Sanskrit

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