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# Prashna Upanishad 2.2

Praśnopaniṣad 2.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.2.2)

tasmai sa hovācākāśo ha vā eṣa devo vāyuragnirāpaḥ pṛthivī vāṅmanaścakṣuḥ  
śrotraṃ ca  
te prakāśyābhivadanti vayametadbāṇamavaṣṭabhya vidhārayāmaḥ

> 2. To him then he said: 'Space (ākāśa), verily, is such a power (deva)—wind, fire, water, earth, speech, mind, sight, and hearing, too. These, having illumined it, declare: "We uphold and support this trunk (bāṇa)!"'  
> — 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.prasna~en-hume.2.p4) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.2.2) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (5)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.36.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.2.1.p3) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.2) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!madhva!jayatirtha.2.2.2) — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.2.2) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (9)

- [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_199) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.14.2) — Sanskrit
- [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.329) — Govind Chandra Pande, English
- [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.mantrapuspa.76.2) — Sanskrit
- [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s3.t2.3) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.10.2) — Sanskrit
- [Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.olivelle-1992.c6.s6.7) — Patrick Olivelle, English
- [Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadidvadasopanisadah.11.2) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.10.2) — Sanskrit

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