Taittiri is also stated in the Mahabharata to have attended 'the Yaga conducted by Uparicaravasu'. According to the Vishnu Purana, Yaska was in turn a pupil of Vaiśampáyana, (estimated 6th century BCE). Īccording to the great white scholar Monier-Williams Sanskrit Dictionary, Taittiri was a pupil of Yaska (estimated 4th-5th century BCE). 'Taittiriya' is derived from the name of the sage Taittiri (or Tittiri).The ' Taittiriya Shakha' can be loosely translated as 'Branch or School of (the sage) Tittri' or 'Branch or School of Taittiriya' or 'School of the pupils of Tittiri'.
The full text of the Taittiriya Upanishad in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Source: Contents of this online book ( + / - ) This edition contains the orignal sanskrit, roman (IAST) transliteration and the english translation of the Taittiriya Upanishad With the Commentaries of Śaṅkarāchārya (Shankara), Sureśvarāchārya (Sureshvara) and Sāyaṇa (also known as Vidyāraṇya) It is divided into three sections, 1) the Siksha Valli, 2) the Brahmananda Valli and 3) the Bhrigu Valli.ġ) The Siksha Valli deals with the discipline of Shiksha (which is the first of the six Vedangas or "limbs" or auxiliaries of the Vedas), that is, the study of phonetics and pronunciation.Ģ) The Brahmananda Valli teaches about Brahman and tries to define it as "Truth, Omniscient, and Infinite".ģ) The Bhrigu Valli describes how son of Varuna (The Water God) Bhrigu obtained realization of Brahman through repeated Tapas under his fathers guidance. It says that the highest goal is to know the Brahman, for that is truth. Summary: The Taittiriya Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" Upanishads, part of the Yajur Veda.
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