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| Q. |
The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh in Persian under the title of |
| A. | Mayma-ul-Bahrain |
| B. | Sirr-i-Akbar |
| C. | Al-Fihrist |
| D. | Kitabul Bayan |
| Answer» B. Sirr-i-Akbar | |
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Explanation: Dara Shikoh, Emperor Shah Jahan's son and brother of Aurangzeb, tranlsated the Upanishads into Persian, with the help of several pundits of Banaras. His ranslation of the Upanishads is appropriately called Sirr -i-Akbar, The Greatest Secret 'Before Sirr-i-Akbar he had written several other Books , the most faous of which is Majma ul-Bahrain [The Mingling of Two Oceans'], an independent work devoted to dis covering the affinities between Vedantic and Sufi perceptions of the Ultimate Truth |
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