A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s10.6
A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s10.6
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¹ Compare the word *brāhmaṇa*, which originally means "dictum of a theologian" and is then used collectively for the collections of such dicta, and the word *upaniṣad*, which signifies first a secret doctrine, then later means a larger work, a collection of secret doctrines. (See above pp. 187 f. and 243 f.)