The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c40.s5.39

v2.c40.s5.39

The conception of the self as essentially consciousness is not, however, confined to Yājñavalkya: the same view is expressed, in words which may be dependent on the Bṛhadāraṇyaka, in the Chāndogya,⁴ and the Aitareya⁵ and the Kauṣītaki⁶ texts as we have seen emphasize the same conception under the view that the self is intellect. In neither case, however, need we assume dependence on Yājñavalkya, for unlike the case of the Chāndogya the line of argument differs, and is, in the later case directly, and in the former indirectly, linked with the conception of the self as breath, which does not appear in the development of the ideas of Yājñavalkya.