Praśna

Six seekers put six questions to the sage Pippalāda after a year of discipline: where beings come from, which powers hold the body, what sleeps and what dreams, what Oṃ leads to, and the Person of sixteen parts.

Atharvaveda

The teaching of Maharṣi Pippalāda67 Mantras

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Praśna 1Prajapati, Rayi and Prana
Praśna 2Which Power Sustains the Others
Praśna 3The Origin, Coming and Going of Prana
Praśna 4What Sleeps, What Wakes, Who Dreams
Praśna 5OM and the Worlds It Leads To
Praśna 6The Sixteen-Part Person