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Vedas Rigveda manuscript page, Mandala 1, Hymn 1 (Sukta 1), lines 1.1.1 to 1.1.9 (Sanskrit, Devanagari script) Information Religion Historical Vedic religion Hinduism Language Vedic Sanskrit Period Vedic period c. 1500 –1200 BCE (Rigveda), c. 1200 –900 BCE (Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda) Verses 20,379 mantras Full text The Vedas at English Wikisource Part of a series on Hindu scriptures ...
The Rigveda or Rig Veda ( Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद, IAST: ṛgveda, from ऋच्, "praise" [ 2] and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns ( sūktas ). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts ( śruti) known as the Vedas. [ 3][ 4] Only one Shakha of the many survive today, namely the ...
Reliable manuscripts of the Paippalada edition were believed to have been lost, but a well-preserved version was discovered among a collection of palm leaf manuscripts in Odisha in 1957. [8] The Atharvaveda is sometimes called the "Veda of magical formulas", [3] a description considered incorrect by other scholars. [9]
Yajurveda is a compound Sanskrit word, composed of yajus (यजुस्) and Veda (वेद). Monier-Williams translates yajus as "religious reverence, veneration, worship, sacrifice, a sacrificial prayer, formula, particularly mantras uttered in a peculiar manner at a sacrifice". [ 13] Veda means "knowledge". Johnson states yajus means ...
The Samaveda ( Sanskrit: सामवेद, IAST: Sāmaveda, from सामन्, "song" and वेद, "knowledge"), is the Veda of melodies and chants. [ 3] It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and is one of the sacred scriptures in Hinduism. One of the four Vedas, it is a liturgical text which consists of 1,875 verses. All but 75 verses ...
The Manusmṛti ( Sanskrit: मनुस्मृति ), also known as the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or the Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitutions among the many Dharmaśāstras of Hinduism. [ 1][ 2] Over fifty manuscripts of the Manusmriti are now known, but the earliest discovered, most translated and presumed authentic ...
Hindu texts or Hindu scriptures are manuscripts and voluminous historical literature which are related to any of the diverse traditions within Hinduism. Some of the major Hindu texts include the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Itihasa. Scholars hesitate in defining the term "Hindu scriptures" given the diverse nature of Hinduism, [ 1][ 2] but ...
The Spitzer Manuscript is the oldest surviving philosophical manuscript in Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, [2] [3] and possibly the oldest Sanskrit manuscript of any type related to Buddhism. [4] [5] [note 1] The manuscript was found in 1906 in the form of a pile of more than 1,000 palm leaf fragments in the Ming-oi, Kizil Caves, China during the ...