OR SACKED WRITINGS OF THE HINDUS. 457 



On other Upanishads of the Yajurve da. 



Among the Sachets of the Yajurveda, one en- 

 titled Maitrdyan'i, furnishes an Upanishad, which 

 bears the same denomination. An abridged para- 

 phrase of it, in verse*, shows it to be a dialogue 

 in which a sage, named S'a'ca'yaxa, communi- 

 cates to the king Vrihadrat'ha, theological 

 knowledge derived from another sage, called 

 Maitra. 



A different Siicha of this Veda, entitled the 

 Catlia, or Cathaca, furnishes an Upcmishad bear- 

 ing that name ; and which is one of those most 

 frequently cited by writers on the Vedanta. It 

 is an extract from a Brahman'a ; and also occurs 

 in collections of Upanishads appertaining to the 

 Afharvana. 



SVe'ta'sVatara, who has given hij^ name to 

 one more Sacka of the Yajurveda, from which an 

 Upanishad is extracted f, is introduced in it, as 

 teaching theology. This Upanishad, comprised in 

 six chapters or lectures (adliydya), is found in 

 collections of theological tracts appertaining to 

 the At'harcarida ; but, strictly, it appears to be- 

 long exclusively to the Yajnsh. 



* By Vidya'ran'ya. I have not seen the original. 

 f In the abridgment of it by F/rfj/arffnj/cr, this is the descrip- 

 tion given of the S wetds'ivara Upanishad. 



