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The API serves The Upanishads, Part 1 (F. Max Muller, 1879) as JSON, one passage at a time, by the reference people use. Teachings of the Vedas on the self and Brahman. It has 207 passages in 3 upanishads. No key and no account.

Get a passage

The slug upanishads, the id upanishads-muller-1879, and the prefix upanishad all name this text.

References

Khandogya 6.8 (prapathaka and khanda; each passage is one whole khanda, with its verse numbers in the text), Kena 1.3 (khanda and verse), and Isa 8 (verse). GET /scriptures/upanishads lists every upanishad with its first and last reference.
Each passage also links to the closest paragraphs of the Urantia Papers: GET /scriptures/upanishads/Khandogya%206.8/urantia-parallels. The world religions guide explains how the links are made, and the MCP server has the same calls for AI agents.

Source

  • Text: The Upanishads, Part 1, translated by F. Max Muller (1879)
  • Source: en.wikisource.org
  • License: Public domain in the United States
  • Notes: The three Upanishads of Sacred Books of the East 1 that are on Wikisource: the Khândogya, by book and Khanda (Khandogya 6.8, one passage for each Khanda, with Müller’s verse numbers); the Kena or Talavakâra, by Khanda and verse (Kena 1.3); and the Îsâ, by verse (Isa 6). The Aitareya and the Kaushîtaki of that volume are not on Wikisource, so they are not here.