what information is obtained from Vedic literature
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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.
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Vedic literature mainly consists of four Vedas, namely, Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda.
Each Veda is made up of collection books, called Upanishads. Each Upanishad is made up of collection of mantras called Sukthams.
Commentaries for the Vedas are known as Bhashyams.
Brahma Sutram is one book which acts like index of the four Vedas. It contains the random words that appear in different passages in Upanishads and Vedas. It is also treated equally with the Vedas and is written by Veda Vyasa.
Puranas and Slokas or Stotrams come next. These were created at later years. Examples of Sloka include Sahasranama of various forms of Gods. The main difference between a Mantra and a Sloka is that Mantra is made up of syllables, while Sloka do not have them. Without syllables, chanting Mantra is not recommended as per Vedas.
Puranas are the books that forms huge part of Vedic literature. They mostly consists of stories of the Gods and temples associated with it. Some have reference to temples that we even seen today (very old temples).
It has been estimated that it takes about 12 years to completely study one Veda, with full meaning. So for four Vedas, it’s 48 complete years. This was during the Vedic age and even till few hundred years back. Nowadays, only the key mantras (important in day-to-day use) are covered as part of regular teaching and all others are made optional, so most students are able to complete the Vedas in 12 to 15 years.