The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (91 page)

, the successor of ‘Uthm
n. This event was known as the Battle of the Camel, because the camel-litter carrying ‘
’isha was in the thick of the fighting.
al
a and al-Zubayr were killed, but ‘
’isha survived, and from then on kept to her house in
Mad
na
, where she died in 678. She was said to be both pious and learned, and is quoted as the source for many (1,210)
ad
th
, especially those concerning Mu
ammad's personal life.

 
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Aitareya Upani
ad
.

A short work of three chapters: the first deals with creation of all things from the One (
tman
), bringing out the correspondences between macro- and microcosm; the second with the three births, conception, natural birth, and extension through one's son; and the third with the nature of
tman.
For trs., see
UPANI
AD
.