1. a later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature dealing with metaphysical questions; - Example: "the Vedanta philosophy developed from the pantheistic views of the Upanishads"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Upanishad
n 1: a later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature
dealing with metaphysical questions; "the Vedanta
philosophy developed from the pantheistic views of the
Upanishads"