f. [said to be from upa- ni-sad ‘knowledge derived from sit- ting at the feet of the preceptor’; but, according to Indian authorities, it means ‘to destroy ignorance by re- vealing the knowledge of the Su- preme Spirit and cutting off the bonds of worldly existence’; yathā ya imāṃ brahmavidyāmupayaṃtyātmabhāvena śraddhābhaktipuraḥ- sarāḥ saṃtasteṣāṃ garbhajanmajarārogādyanarthapūgaṃ niśā- tayati paraṃ vā brahma...

(upa-ni-sad) P. (pf. -n/i-ṣedus) to sit down near to; to approach, set about AV. xix, 41, 1; S3Br.; Kaus3. 024129 201,1 34973 f. (according to some) the sitting down at the feet of another to listen to his words (and hence, secret knowledge given in this manner; but according to native authorities upaniṣad means setting at rest ignorance by revealing the knowledge of the supreme... f. the mystery which underlies or...