[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Prashna Upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna) › 4.8 # Prashna Upanishad 4.8 Praśnopaniṣad 4.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.8) hastau cādātavyaṃ copasthaścānandayitavyaṃ ca pāyuśca visarjayitavyaṃ ca pādau ca gantavyaṃ ca manaśca mantavyaṃ ca buddhiśca boddhavyaṃ cāhaṅkāraścāhaṃkartavyaṃ ca cittaṃ ca cetayitavyaṃ ca tejaśca vidyotayitavyaṃ ca prāṇaśca vidhārayitavyaṃ ca > The earth and its subtile elements, the water and its subtile elements, the light and its subtile elements, the air and its subtile elements, the ether and its subtile elements; the eye and what can be seen, the ear and what can be heard, the nose and what can be smelled, the taste and what can be tasted, the skin and what can be touched, the voice and what can be spoken, the hands and what can be grasped, the feet and what can be walked, the mind and what can be perceived, intellect (buddhi) and what can be conceived, personality and what can be personified, thought and what can be thought, light and what can be lighted up, the Prâna and what is to be supported by it. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) - [Previous: 4.7.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.7.p3) - [Next: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.9) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4) ## Translations (3) - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.4.8) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.4.7) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.4.p17) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.97.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.4.8) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.santi.mantrapuspa.78.8) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.12.8) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (9) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.23) — Kane 1930, English - [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v3.c31.s8.4) — Dasgupta 1922, English - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v2.c24.s27.60) — Radhakrishnan 1923, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s6.23) — Keith 1925, English - [A Concise History of Science in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bose-sen-subbarayappa-1971.c13.s3.t2.21) — Bose et al. 1971, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.s1.17) — Pande 1957, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c6.s20.27) — Hopkins 1901, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c10.s1.t2.21) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English - [Outlines of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hiriyanna-1932.c19.78) — Hiriyanna 1932, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.8) · Pramāṇa