Prashna

The Prashnopanishad is an ancient Sanskrit text, embedded inside Atharva Veda, ascribed to Pippalada sakha of Vedic scholars. It is a Mukhya (primary) Upanishad and is listed as number 4 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. Prashna literally means, in modern usage, "question, query, inquiry". In ancient and medieval era Indian texts, the word had two additional context-dependent meanings: "task, lesson" and "short section or paragraph", with former common in Vedic recitations. In Prashna Upanishad, all these contextual roots are relevant. The text consists of questions with lessons, and the sections of the Upanishad are also called Prashna. Questions being asked in each chapter are as follows:

• How did life begin? - First Prashna
• What is a living being? - Second Prashna
• What is the nature of man, and how is it so? - Third Prashna
• What establishes man? - Fourth Prashna
• What is meditation, and why meditate? - Fifth Prashna
• What is immortal in man? - Sixth Prashna

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