The Oral Tradition and Divisions of the Vedas

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|The semiotic paradigm: |
|implications for tourism research |
|Sreehari K.G. |
|M.Phil Media Studies |
|Reg No: 1034005 |
|2/19/2011 |
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|Review of The semiotic paradigm: implications for tourism research |

Contents

THE CENTURY OLD TRADITIONS OF THE VEDAS: 3
THE DIVISION OF THE VEDAS: 3 THE RIG VEDA 4 YAJURVEDA: 5 SAMAVEDA: 5 ATHARVEDA: 6 BRAHMANAS: 6 VEDANTA 7 PATHAS 7
MEMORISATION OF THE VEDAS AND THE TECHNIQUES: 8
SOUND AND PRONUNCIATION: 8
CONCLUSION: 9
BIBLIOGRAPHY: 10

THE CENTURY OLD TRADITIONS OF THE VEDAS:

The Vedas and their oral tradition are one of the oldest traditions in history that exists even today. The samhita texts from the early Iron ages at the times of Holmer are fixed dates back to even this day . (Kapoor, 2002)

The Vedas or the “srautas” in their oral tradition have many different ways of recitation. These unique and distinct methods are designed in such a way that memorization of the text and its

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