What information is obtained from the Vedic literature?
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In the Vedic Literature of Ancient India, Sanskrit became the vehicle of expression of thought. The Vedic literature were composed in Sanskrit. To begin with the Vedas were recited and not written. They were taught by oral method. Hence they were called as Sruti (heard) and Smriti (memorized). But later on they were reduced to writing after the invention of scripts.Veda is a sanskrit word. It means “knowledge“. There were four Vedas :
The Rig Veda
The Sama Veda
The Yajur Veda and
The Atharva Veda.
Rig Veda: The Rig Veda is the earliest and most important Vedic Literature of Ancient India. The Rig Veda is written in the form of hymns. There are more than thousand hymns, divided into ten mandalas. The hymns are addressed to different gods
Yajur Veda: The Yajur Veda is divided into two parts:
The Krishna Veda and
The Shukla Veda.
The Yajur Veda of Vedic Literature explains the philosophy and the technicalities of Yajna.
Sama Veda: The Sama Veda is a composition of hymns, mostly collected from the Rig Veda. It was recited at the time of Yajna or sacrifice.
Atharva Veda: The Atharva Veda contains information on politics, social sciences, medicine and also magic.
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The information about the
Ancient period from 1500
BCE Onwards can be
Derived from vedic literature. ☺
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