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Veröffentlichung:	Dezember 2012
Genre:	Religion
ISBN:	9781156663622
EAN-Code:	9781156663622
Verlag:	Books LLC, Reference Series
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 246 mm / B 189 mm / D 5 mm
Gewicht:	204 gr
Seiten:	96
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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Chapters: Svadhyaya, List of numbers in Hindu scriptures, Atharvaveda, Vedanta, Shakha, Fifth Veda, Yajurveda, Samagana, Upakarma, Vedic chant, Paramatman, Upaakarma, Nine Pearls, Parisi¿¿a, Samaveda, Vedic accent, A Vedic Word Concordance, Vedic mythology, Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, Anukrama¿i, Chandas, Vasi¿¿ha, Kadavallur Anyonyam, Vedanga, Bhuu, Taittiriya Shakha, Mahidhara, Uva¿a. Excerpt: The Vedas (Sanskrit , "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. The class of "Vedic texts" is aggregated around the four canonical s or Vedas proper (), of which three () are related to the performance of yajna (sacrifice) in historical (Iron Age) Vedic religion: The fourth is the Atharvaveda, a collection of spells and incantations, apotropaic charms and speculative hymns. According to Hindu tradition, the Vedas are "not of human agency", are supposed to have been directly revealed, and thus are called ("what is heard"). The four s are metrical (with the exception of prose commentary interspersed in the Black Yajurveda). The term literally means "composition, compilation". The individual verses contained in these compilations are known as . Some selected Vedic mantras are still recited at prayers, religious functions and other auspicious occasions in contemporary Hinduism. The various Indian philosophies and sects have taken differing positions on the Vedas. Schools of Indian philosophy which cite the Vedas as their scriptural authority are classified as "orthodox" (astika). Other traditions, notably Buddhism and Jainism, which did not regard the Vedas as authorities are referred to by traditional Hindu texts as "heterodox" or "non-orthodox" (nastika) schools. In addition to Buddhism and Jainism, Sikhism and Brahmoism, many non-Brahmin Hindus in South India do not accept the authority of the Vedas. Certain South Indian Brahmin communities such as Iyengars consider the Tamil Divya Prabandham or writing of the Alvar saints as equivalent to the Vedas. In most Iyengar temples in South India the Divya Prabandham is recited daily along with Vedic Hymns. The Sanskrit word "knowledge, wisdom" is derived from the root vid- "to know". This is reconstructed as being derived from the Proto-Indo-European root , meaning "see"