Association With Vedas
All Upanishads are associated with one of the four Vedas—Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda (there are two primary versions or Samhitas of the Yajurveda: Shukla Yajurveda, Krishna Yajurveda), and Atharvaveda. The Muktikā Upanishad's list of 108 Upanishads groups the first 10 as mukhya, 21 as Sāmānya Vedānta, 23 as Sannyāsa, nine as Shākta, 13 as Vaishnava, 14 as Shaiva and 17 as Yoga. The 108 Upanishads as recorded in the Muktikā are shown in the table below. The mukhya Upanishads are highlighted.
| Veda | Mukhya | Sāmānya | Sannyāsa | Śākta | Vaiṣṇava | Śaiva | Yoga |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ṛigveda | Aitareya | Kauśītāki, Ātmabodha, Mudgala | Nirvāṇa | Tripura, Saubhāgya, Bahvṛca | - | Akṣamālika (Mālika) | Nādabindu |
| Samaveda | Chāndogya, Kena | Vajrasūchi, Mahad, Sāvitrī | Āruṇeya, Maitrāyaṇi, Maitreyi, Sannyāsa, Kuṇḍika | - | Vāsudeva, Avyakta | Rudrākṣa, Jābāla | Yogachūḍāmaṇi, Darśana |
| Krishna Yajurveda | Taittirīya, Śvetāśvatara, Kaṭha | Sarvasāra, Śukarahasya, Skanda (Tripāḍvibhūṭi), Śārīraka, Ekākṣara, Akṣi, Prāṇāgnihotra | Brahma, Śvetāśvatara, Garbha, Tejobindu, Avadhūta, Kaṭharudra, Varāha | Sarasvatīrahasya | Nārāyaṇa (Mahānārāyaṇa), Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa (Kali) | Kaivalya, Kālāgnirudra, Dakṣiṇāmūrti, Rudrahṛdaya, Pañcabrahma | Amṛtabindu, Amṛtanāda, Kṣurika, Dhyānabindu, Brahmavidyā, Yogatattva, Yogaśikhā, Yogakuṇḍalini |
| Shukla Yajurveda | Bṛhadāraṇyaka, Īśa | Subāla, Mantrikā, Nirālamba, Paiṅgala, Adhyātmā, Muktikā | Jābāla, Paramahaṃsa, Advayatāraka, Bhikṣu, Turīyātīta, Yājñavalkya, Śāṭyāyani | - | Tārasāra | - | Haṃsa, Triśikhi, Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa |
| Atharvaveda | Muṇḍaka, Māṇḍūkya, Praśna | Sūrya, Ātmā | Parivrāt (Nāradaparivrājaka), Paramahaṃsaparivrājaka, Parabrahma | Sītā, Annapūrṇa, Devī, Tripurātapani, Bhāvana | Nṛsiṃhatāpanī, Mahānārāyaṇa (Tripādvibhuti), Rāmarahasya, Rāmatāpaṇi, Gopālatāpani, Kṛṣṇa, Hayagrīva, Dattātreya, Gāruḍa | Śira, Atharvaśikha, Bṛhajjābāla, Śarabha, Bhasma, Gaṇapati | Śāṇḍilya, Pāśupata, Mahāvākya |
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