Vedas
ASAS Mysore
B.Sc Visual Media
Nirmal, Vishnu Menon
0ctober 13 ,2014
[
The Timeless Vedas
]
A brief description on Vedic literature, its structure and content.
The Timeless Vedas
Compiled by Nirmal and Vishnu Menon
B.Sc Visual Media
ASAS Mysore
Preface
The Vedas are divine and eternal. The Vedas are truly considered to be boundless repository of “knowledge par excellence”.
Ours is a humble effort in briefing about Vedas. An attempt like this is similar to sipping handful of water and describing the oceans from that. Modern technology of internet has greatly helped us to acquire the necessary information pertaining to the
Vedas. Through extensive search from various websites we have collected information and tried to put it in a concise and easily understandable form, which we hope, will help all those who wish to know something more about Vedas. May our humble endeavor, with His divine grace, serve its required purpose.
The Ancient Indian scriptures are divided into Shruti and Smrithi. Literarily,
Shruti means ‘that is heard’. This part contains the Vedas. They are called so, because the Vedic knowledge was imparted verbally through generations. And Smrithi means ‘that which is remembered’. The Puranas,
Itihaasas, Manusmrithi etc. every other scriptures come under Smrithi.
The Vedic scriptures are the spiritual literature of the ancient Indian culture, written in the Sanskrit language. They are comprised of a huge collection of books which include material (mundane), religious
(ritualistic) as well as spiritual (monotheistic) knowledge. The expression
"Vedic" is derived from the Sanskrit root word ‘vid-jnane’, which means knowledge. According to the Vedic history, they were written down thousands of years ago. The date, however, is not very important because, without a doubt, the knowledge contained in these scriptures was existing a long time before it was written down.
The Veda may be understood by simply
B.Sc Visual Media
Nirmal, Vishnu Menon
0ctober 13 ,2014
[
The Timeless Vedas
]
A brief description on Vedic literature, its structure and content.
The Timeless Vedas
Compiled by Nirmal and Vishnu Menon
B.Sc Visual Media
ASAS Mysore
Preface
The Vedas are divine and eternal. The Vedas are truly considered to be boundless repository of “knowledge par excellence”.
Ours is a humble effort in briefing about Vedas. An attempt like this is similar to sipping handful of water and describing the oceans from that. Modern technology of internet has greatly helped us to acquire the necessary information pertaining to the
Vedas. Through extensive search from various websites we have collected information and tried to put it in a concise and easily understandable form, which we hope, will help all those who wish to know something more about Vedas. May our humble endeavor, with His divine grace, serve its required purpose.
The Ancient Indian scriptures are divided into Shruti and Smrithi. Literarily,
Shruti means ‘that is heard’. This part contains the Vedas. They are called so, because the Vedic knowledge was imparted verbally through generations. And Smrithi means ‘that which is remembered’. The Puranas,
Itihaasas, Manusmrithi etc. every other scriptures come under Smrithi.
The Vedic scriptures are the spiritual literature of the ancient Indian culture, written in the Sanskrit language. They are comprised of a huge collection of books which include material (mundane), religious
(ritualistic) as well as spiritual (monotheistic) knowledge. The expression
"Vedic" is derived from the Sanskrit root word ‘vid-jnane’, which means knowledge. According to the Vedic history, they were written down thousands of years ago. The date, however, is not very important because, without a doubt, the knowledge contained in these scriptures was existing a long time before it was written down.
The Veda may be understood by simply
References: http://hinduism.about.com/cs/vedasvedanta/a/aa120103a.htm http://www.krishna.com/what-are-vedas http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Upaveda http://www.encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org/articles/59_the_vedas_ upvedas.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_texts Special thanks to Br. Didesh - Mata Amritanadamayi Math for guiding us, correcting us and helping us understand.