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The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c40.s7.t3.16

The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c40.s7.t3.16

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v2.c40.s7.t3.16

⁴ According to Oldenberg (*Die Lehre der Upanishaden*, p. 226, n. 1) it means ‘ “das Ichmachen,” d. h. das Ichsagen und Betätigen der Ichheit,’ rather than ‘der Ichmacher’. The genesis of this entity may be connected with the speculations of the Upaniṣads on deep sleep, in which individuality disappears; Heimann, *Die Tiefschlafspekulation der alten Upaniṣaden* (1922), pp. 13 f.