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![Shastras and Sutras
Dharma Shastra
Artha Shastra
Kamasutra
Brahma Sutras
Samkhya Sutras
Mimamsa Sutras
Nyāya Sūtras
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra
Yoga Sutras
Pramana Sutras
Charaka Samhita
Sushruta Samhita
Natya Shastra
Vastu Shastra
Panchatantra
Divya Prabandha
Tirumurai
Ramcharitmanas
Yoga Vasistha
Swara yoga
Shiva Samhita
Gheranda Samhita
Panchadasi
Vedantasara
Stotra
The Vedas (/ˈveɪdəz/,[4]
IAST: veda, Sanskrit: वेदः, lit. 'knowledge') are a large body of religious
texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer
of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.[5][6][7]
There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda.[8][9]
Each
Veda has four subdivisions – the Samhitas (mantras and benedictions), the Aranyakas (text on
rituals, ceremonies, sacrifices and symbolic-sacrifices), the Brahmanas (commentaries on rituals,
ceremonies and sacrifices), and the Upanishads(texts discussing meditation, philosophy and
spiritual knowledge).[8][10][11]
Some scholars add a fifth category – the Upasanas (worship).[12][13]
The
texts of the Upanishads discuss ideas akin to the heterodox sramana-traditions.[14]
Vedas are śruti ("what is heard"),[15]
distinguishing them from other religious texts, which are
called smṛti ("what is remembered"). Hindus consider the Vedas to be apauruṣeya, which means](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/listhinduscripturesandtexts-221211025100-3d195f4c/75/LIST-Hindu-scriptures-and-texts-docx-4-2048.jpg)
!["not of a man, superhuman"[16]
and "impersonal, authorless,"[17][18][19]
revelations of sacred sounds and
texts heard by ancient sages after intense meditation.[20][21]
The Vedas have been orally transmitted since the 2nd millennium BCE with the help of
elaborate mnemonic techniques.[22][23][24]
The mantras, the oldest part of the Vedas, are recited in the
modern age for their phonology rather than the semantics, and are considered to be "primordial
rhythms of creation", preceding the forms to which they refer.[25]
By reciting them the cosmos is
regenerated, "by enlivening and nourishing the forms of creation at their base."[25]
The various Indian philosophies and Hindu denominations have taken differing positions on the
Vedas; schools of Indian philosophy which acknowledge the primal authority of the Vedas are
classified as "orthodox" (āstika).[note 2]
Other śramaṇa traditions, such
as Charvaka, Ajivika, Buddhism and Jainism, which did not regard the Vedas as authorities, are
referred to as "heterodox" or "non-orthodox" (nāstika) schools.[14][26]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/listhinduscripturesandtexts-221211025100-3d195f4c/75/LIST-Hindu-scriptures-and-texts-docx-5-2048.jpg)
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- 4. Shastras and Sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras Nyāya Sūtras Vaiśeṣika Sūtra Yoga Sutras Pramana Sutras Charaka Samhita Sushruta Samhita Natya Shastra Vastu Shastra Panchatantra Divya Prabandha Tirumurai Ramcharitmanas Yoga Vasistha Swara yoga Shiva Samhita Gheranda Samhita Panchadasi Vedantasara Stotra The Vedas (/ˈveɪdəz/,[4] IAST: veda, Sanskrit: वेदः, lit. 'knowledge') are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.[5][6][7] There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda.[8][9] Each Veda has four subdivisions – the Samhitas (mantras and benedictions), the Aranyakas (text on rituals, ceremonies, sacrifices and symbolic-sacrifices), the Brahmanas (commentaries on rituals, ceremonies and sacrifices), and the Upanishads(texts discussing meditation, philosophy and spiritual knowledge).[8][10][11] Some scholars add a fifth category – the Upasanas (worship).[12][13] The texts of the Upanishads discuss ideas akin to the heterodox sramana-traditions.[14] Vedas are śruti ("what is heard"),[15] distinguishing them from other religious texts, which are called smṛti ("what is remembered"). Hindus consider the Vedas to be apauruṣeya, which means
- 5. "not of aman, superhuman"[16] and "impersonal, authorless,"[17][18][19] revelations of sacred sounds and texts heard by ancient sages after intense meditation.[20][21] The Vedas have been orally transmitted since the 2nd millennium BCE with the help of elaborate mnemonic techniques.[22][23][24] The mantras, the oldest part of the Vedas, are recited in the modern age for their phonology rather than the semantics, and are considered to be "primordial rhythms of creation", preceding the forms to which they refer.[25] By reciting them the cosmos is regenerated, "by enlivening and nourishing the forms of creation at their base."[25] The various Indian philosophies and Hindu denominations have taken differing positions on the Vedas; schools of Indian philosophy which acknowledge the primal authority of the Vedas are classified as "orthodox" (āstika).[note 2] Other śramaṇa traditions, such as Charvaka, Ajivika, Buddhism and Jainism, which did not regard the Vedas as authorities, are referred to as "heterodox" or "non-orthodox" (nāstika) schools.[14][26]