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The Upanishads are a genre of texts that form the final and last section of the Vedas. The Upanishads were composed orally in Sanskrit, and the earliest surviving ones dating to the 1st millennium BC. The number of Upanishads varies, though according to tradition, there were over 200 in total. The Muktika canon, on the other land, provides a list of 108 Upanishads. In any case, there are 11 (sometimes 13) major Upanishads, and these are the most important ones. The Upanishads deal mainly with philosophical and religious themes, including the concept of karma. They are significant as the foundation of Hinduism as well as the later philosophies and religions in India, including Jainism and Buddhism. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"92192","attributes":{"alt":"Vyasa, the sage who
