thanks for the response. i dont doubt the validity of the upanishad.
all along i was under the impression that the original mantra
starting with hare rama was changed as there was opposition from
caste brahmins. i found that there is no evidence for this and it is
also confirmed by krishna_susarla. only gaudiyas and smarthas chant
mahamantra as far as i know. please correct me if i am wrong. the
smarthas chant starting with hare rama where as gaudiyas chant hare
krishna. krishna_susarla mentioned that there are two recensions of
this upanishad - one in north india and one in south india. i wanted
to look at the original critical edition. also, i wanted to
understand the real reason for the change in the mantra between
gaudiyas and smarthas. so my question which library can i find the
critical edition of kalisantarana upanishad ? any help in this regard
is appreciated.

--- In achintya (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, ranganathan narasimhan
<simhan74@y...> wrote:
>
>
> Rajaram Venkataramani <v_raja_ram@y...> wrote:
>
> which library can i find the critical edition of kalisantarana
upanishad ? both recensions. i am in india and have access to
libraries in the usa also. also i want to have access to scholarly
study on the source of differences between recensions.
>
> Hare krishna,
> There was a French professor, Srila
Prabhupada's contemporary, who had translated many vedic literatures
into French and one among them was Kali Santarana Upanishad. He also
met Srila Prabhupada in France. He accepted the Upanishad as bonafide
(the way Srila Prabhupada presented it). If someone can search the
folio, we can get the reference. My notebook is down & I can't access
it right now.
>
> Dasa
>
> Narasimhan
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