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? |ForumIAS

Q. 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?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: B

Notes:

Exp) Option b is the correct answer.

Statement 1 is incorrect: Upanishad literally means ‘approaching and sitting near’ and the texts contain conversations between teachers and students. Some Upanishads include parables. For example, the wise beggar was a dialogue based on a story from one of the most famous Upanishads, the Chhandogya Upanishad and antology of the two birds was mentioned in the Katopanishad.

Statement 2 is correct: Upanishads were composed as part of the later Vedic texts (1000 – 600 BC) whereas the Puranas were compiled about 200 AD.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/religion/Analogy-of-two-birds/article14633384.ece#:~:text=Two%20birds%20are%20shown%20to,the%20latter%20the%20Supreme%20soul.

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/37938/1/Unit-1.pdf

https://ncert.nic.in/ncerts/l/fess107.pdf