The Hindu Veda
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Brief descriptions of 4 Vedas :- Rigved - It is all about Rik - i.e. Humanity & Divinity. This Veda teaches how to live how to let live, devotion, spirit, divinity and parapsychology all are described in this volume of Veda. Yajurved - Yajurved explains all about Activities, Yagya, worshipping and other relevant areas. Samved - Samved explains all about chhand, taal, music, creation, poetry, literature and natural or human beauty. Atharvaved - It teaches all about materialistic sciences like commerce, economy, civics, geography, physics, biology, chemistry, geometry, geology, astrology, astronomy, communication sciences, mathematics etc.
Introduction of Veda
BECK index Harappan Civilization Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Early Upanishads Kena, Katha, Isha , and Mundaka Later Upanishads This chapter has been published in the book INDIA & Southeast Asia to 1800 . For ordering information, please click here.
Vedas and Upanishads by Sanderson Beck
Sacred-texts home Journal Articles: Hinduism OCRT: Hinduism Buy CD-ROM Buy books about Hinduism Vedas Upanishads Puranas Other Primary Texts Epics Mahabharata Ramayana Bhagavad Gita Vedanta Later texts Modern books The Vedas There are four Vedas, the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda.
Hinduism
The Vedas ( Sanskrit वेदाः véda , " knowledge ") are a large body of texts originating in ancient India . Composed in Vedic Sanskrit , the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Vedas are apauruṣeya ("not of human agency"). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They are supposed to have been directly revealed, and thus are called śruti ("what is heard"), [ 6 ] [ 7 ] distinguishing them from other religious texts, which are called smṛti ("what is remembered"). The Vedic texts or śruti are organized around four canonical collections of metrical material known as Saṃhitā s, of which the first three are related to the performance of yajna ( sacrifice ) in historical Vedic religion : The Rigveda , containing hymns to be recited by the hotṛ ; The Yajurveda , containing formulas to be recited by the adhvaryu or officiating priest; The Samaveda , containing formulas to be sung by the udgātṛ .
