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# Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.7.1

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 3.7.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.7.1)

na hi prajñāpetā vāṅ nāma kiñcana prajñāpayet /

> 7. For truly, apart from intelligence (prajñā) speech would not make cognizant (pra + √jñā) of any name whatsoever. 'My mind was elsewhere,' one says; 'I did not cognize that name.'  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-hume.3.p50) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-muller.3.7) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!rangaramanuja.3.54-2) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (7)

- [Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.7) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.285.7) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.38.7) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.275.7) — Sanskrit
- [Kaiṣītaki ?](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.3.7) — Sanskrit
- [Kauṣītakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitakopanisad.3.7) — Sanskrit
- [Śāṅkhāyanīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.sankhayaniyopanisad.6.7) — Sanskrit

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