4. Make a precies of the given passage and suggest a suitable title for it : means Etymologically the word Veda knowledge and in later times came to mean more specifically sacred knowledge. The basic texts are the four Samhitas or compilations of metrical hymns or mantras. Mantras means that which is thought out by the mind and the Sage or Muni is the person who is capable of the deep absorption of the mind leads to the formulation of the mantra. The four compilations are the Rigveda, the Samveda, the Yajurveda and the Atharvaveda; of these, the earliest is the Rigveda. It consist of over ten thousand stanzas grouped into over thousand hymns collected in ten cycles or mandalas.
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The Vedas (/ˈveɪdəz, ˈviː-/;[4] IAST: vedaḥ, 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
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).The texts of the Upanishads discuss ideas akin to the heterodox sramana-traditions.