Néti néti

On the meaning of an Upanisadic citation of some renown in Hindu texts and Western minds

By (author) Walter Slaje

Book cover: Néti néti

Paperback (Published)

(September 2010)

ISBN: 9783515097994

6.69 x 9.49 inches

Price: $15.00

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There are admittedly several possibilities of constructing, understanding and translating neti neti. Post-Verdic exegeses have a significant part in modern standard translations of neti neti in the Brhadaranyaka Upanisad. The late-medieval Indian narrative of a paramount importance of Sankara for the undersanding of the Upanisads, and the latter?s construction of one ?philosophy? underlying them, is widely taken at its face value still today.


There are admittedly several possibilities of constructing, understanding and translating neti neti. Post-Verdic exegeses have a significant part in modern standard translations of neti neti in the Brhadaranyaka Upanisad. The late-medieval Indian narrative of a paramount importance of Sankara for the undersanding of the Upanisads, and the latter?s construction of one ?philosophy? underlying them, is widely taken at its face value still today.

  • By (author) Walter Slaje