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Duane McPherson's avatar

The translations by Easwaran are in English and also are accurate, as he was an Indian and also was fluent in Sanskrit. There is a helpful Introduction by Easwaran. The individual Upanishads are accompanied by commentary by another author, but personally I think the Upanishads speak better for themselves. The Easwaran edition is not expensive and includes the most central Upanishads. After that you can dig into the others as translated by other authors.

I taught a course that used the Easwaran translation of the Gita and that is how I became aquainted with his work. I think his work is a good place to start. You can look up used copies on Addall.com which is where I find a lot of books. Addall is a compiler of book sources, not a direct vendor.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Thank you Duane!

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