A century and a half on, the Ishavasya Upanishad returns to Oxford, this time in Acharya Prashant's voice

IANS | June 10, 2026 11:27 AM

Oxford (UK), June 10 (IANS) In 1879, Professor Max Muller carried the Ishavasya Upanishad to the West, publishing its first English translation through Oxford University Press as the opening volume of the ‘Sacred Books of the East’. Nearly a century and a half later, an Indian philosopher has arrived at the same university to return the text to its living meaning.