Rig Veda has been sub-classified into four-part, Samhitas or the hymns that sing the praises of the Rig Vedic deities, some of whom are Indra, Agni, Soma, Ushas, Varuna, and Ishwara, the supreme god. The hymns and the verses were written by the Rishis (Sages), and as the ardent believers of the Sanatana dharma claim, the revered Lord himself taught the Vedic hymns to the sages, who then handed them down through generations by word of mouth. Like the other three Vedas, many regard the Rig Veda too as Apauruṣeya, meaning, not of a man or impersonal and not belonging to a particular author. The initial written Rig Veda dates back to the 1st millennium BCE, although the extant ones today date only somewhere between the 11th and 14th centuries, primarily due to the transient nature of the manuscript materials, palm leaves or birch barks. However, a wider approximation of 1700–1100 BCE has also been given by experts. The cultural-linguistic records, mainly the variation in the form of Sanskrit used (from present-day), point out the origin of the Rig Veda to have been around 1600 BCE. It is the principal and oldest of the four Vedas. A collection of 1,028 hymns and 10,600 verses is organized into ten different Mandalas (or the books Sanskrit). Two Sanskrit words Rig and Veda constituting it translates to ‘praise or shine’ and ‘knowledge’ respectively. Rig Veda, one of the oldest texts of the Hindu Civilization still extant. The Upanishads, which consist of conversations between teachers and students, clarify the Vedas’ philosophical message.The Brahmanas, which in turn has the commentary on hymns of four Vedas and.The Aranyakas, which constitute the philosophy behind the ritual sacrifice,.The Samhitas, the most ancient layer of text in the Vedas, consisting of mantras, hymns, prayers, and benedictions which has in literary terms put together or joined the other three texts.There are four Vedas: Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, and Atharva Veda, and all of them together are attributed to as ‘ Chaturveda.’ The Rig Veda serves as the principal one and all three, but the Arthaveda agree with one another in form, language, and content.Įach Veda has been subclassified into four major text types or four portions. However, the Vedic hymns assert that they were skillfully created by Rishis (sages) after inspired creativity. In the Mahabharata, the creation of Vedas is credited to Brahma, the Supreme Creator. Some schools of thought even assert that the Vedas are eternal creations, mainly in the Mimasa tradition.
According to the Vedanta and Mimamsa schools of philosophy, the Vedas are considered Svatah Pramana (In Sanskrit, meaning “self-evident means of knowledge”). Still, the knowledge was discovered by intense meditation and sadhana (Yogic practice) by ancient sages, who then handed them down through generations by word of mouth.Īlso, the Vedic philosophy regards the Vedas as Apaurusheya, meaning, not of a man or impersonal. The tales tell humans did not compose the revered compositions of the Vedas. The surviving ones now date only somewhere between the 11th and 14th centuries, mostly due to the transient nature of the manuscript materials the birch barks or palm leaves.
However, no definite date can be ascribed to the composition of the Vedas as the generational descend of the texts in Vedic periods was by literary oral tradition, which was then a precise and elaborate technique. The Rig Veda, the oldest of 4 Vedas, was authored in and around 1600 BCE. Its written form origin dates back to 1600 BCE. Origin of VedasĪs the records point out, the Vedas (word of Sanskrit origin, translating to ‘Knowledge’ or ‘To Know’) originated in the Indian Sub-continent. The ideas, teachings, and practices described in the Vedas formed the basis for the six major schools of Hindu philosophy – Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa, and Vedanta. The term Veda as a common noun means “knowledge.” What you acquire or understand is knowledge. Veda means “Knowledge.” It is a Sanskrit word from the root “Vid,” which means finding, knowing, acquiring, or understanding.
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