Consider the following statements: 1. There are no parables in Upanishads. 2. Upanishads were composed…
Consider the following statements: 1. There are no parables in Upanishads. 2. Upanishads were composed earlier than the Puranas. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Solution
Upanishads contain several parables — e.g., the dialogue of Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi, the Satyakama Jabala story, etc. — so Statement 1 is wrong. The Upanishads (c. 800-400 BCE) were composed well before the Puranas (c. 3rd century CE onwards), so Statement 2 is correct.