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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Timeline. v. t. e. Hindu scriptures are traditionally classified into two parts: śruti, meaning "what has been heard" (originally transmitted orally) and Smriti, meaning "what has been retained or remembered" (originally written, and attributed to individual authors). The Vedas are classified under śruti .
A manuscript of the Isha Upanishad, the small text in the margins and edges are an unknown scholar's notes and comments in the typical Hindu style of a minor Bhāṣya. The various Sanskrit literature also spawned a large tradition of commentary texts, which were called Bhāṣyas , Vṛṭṭis, Tikas, Varttikas and other names. [ 77 ]
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]