A report on Vedas

Four Vedas
The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the Atharvaveda.
Rigveda manuscript in Devanagari
A page from the Taittiriya Samhita, a layer of text within the Yajurveda

The Vedas (,, वेदः) are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India.

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A Brahmin meditating (1851)

Dhyana in Hinduism

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Dhyana in Hinduism means contemplation and meditation.

Dhyana in Hinduism means contemplation and meditation.

A Brahmin meditating (1851)
Malvina Hoffman, Bronze figure of Kashmiri in Meditation, 1930s, Field Museum of Natural History
Swami Vivekananda in meditating yogic posture.

The root of the word is Dhi, which in the earliest layer of text of the Vedas refers to "imaginative vision" and associated with goddess Saraswati with powers of knowledge, wisdom and poetic eloquence.

Fifth Veda

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The notion of a fifth Veda (Sanskrit: ), that is, of a text which lies outside the four canonical Vedas, but nonetheless has the status of a Veda, is one that has been advanced in a number of post-Vedic Hindu texts, in order to accord a particular text or texts and their doctrines with the timelessness and authority that Hinduism associates with the Vedas.

Anukramaṇī

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The Anukramaṇī (अनुक्रमणी, ) (also ) are the systematic indices of Vedic hymns recording poetic meter, content, and traditions of authorship.

Iyengar

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Ethnoreligious group of Tamil-speaking Hindu Brahmins, whose members follow Sri Vaishnavism and the Visishtadvaita philosophy propounded by Ramanuja.

Ethnoreligious group of Tamil-speaking Hindu Brahmins, whose members follow Sri Vaishnavism and the Visishtadvaita philosophy propounded by Ramanuja.

Bhagavadh Ramanuja
Vadakalai caste symbol
Thenkalai caste symbol
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The belief is that he set this collection - commonly called the Tamil Prabhandams - to music, and he introduced the devotional hymns of the alvars into worship, thus mixing their Tamil Veda with the traditional Vedas written in Sanskrit.

Nagarjuna, known for the Madhyamaka (middle path), wrote the medical works The Hundred Prescriptions and The Precious Collection.

Ayurveda

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Alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.

Alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.

Nagarjuna, known for the Madhyamaka (middle path), wrote the medical works The Hundred Prescriptions and The Precious Collection.
The three Doshas and the five elements from which they are composed.
Physician taking pulse, Delhi, c. 1825
An Ayurvedic practitioner applying oil using head massage
Treatment procedures
Ayurvedic preparations displayed in Dehli in 2016
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Ayurvedic treatment set up used for applying oil to patients, Kerala, 2017
A typical Ayurvedic pharmacy, Rishikesh
Practitioners in 2017 in Sri Lanka where Ayurveda spas are common.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Amsterdam in 1967
Statue of Charaka, ancient Indian physician, in Haridwar, India
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In medieval taxonomies of the Sanskrit knowledge systems, Ayurveda is assigned a place as a subsidiary Veda (upaveda).

Nomenclature of the last two centuries

Hindu astrology

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Traditional Hindu system of astrology, also known as Hindu astrology, Indian astrology and more recently Vedic astrology. The term Hindu astrology has been in use as the English equivalent of Jyotiṣa since the early 19th century, whereas Vedic astrology is a relatively recent term, entering common usage in the 1970s with self-help publications on Āyurveda or yoga.

Traditional Hindu system of astrology, also known as Hindu astrology, Indian astrology and more recently Vedic astrology. The term Hindu astrology has been in use as the English equivalent of Jyotiṣa since the early 19th century, whereas Vedic astrology is a relatively recent term, entering common usage in the 1970s with self-help publications on Āyurveda or yoga.

Nomenclature of the last two centuries
Nakshatras

The Vedanga Jyotisha is one of the earliest texts about astronomy within the Vedas.

Atharva Veda written by Atharvan

Atharvan

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Atharva Veda written by Atharvan

Atharvan (अथर्वन्, '; an n-stem with nominative singular अथर्वा ') was a legendary Vedic sage (rishi) of Hinduism who along with Angiras is supposed to have authored ("heard") the Atharvaveda.

Classification tree of the Indo-Aryan languages

Indo-Aryan languages

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The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes Indic languages ) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Indo-Aryan peoples.

The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes Indic languages ) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Indo-Aryan peoples.

Classification tree of the Indo-Aryan languages

The earliest evidence of the group is from Vedic Sanskrit, that is used in the ancient preserved texts of the Indian subcontinent, the foundational canon of the Hindu synthesis known as the Vedas.

An 18th century painting of Chandra

Chandra

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Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation.

Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation.

An 18th century painting of Chandra
Chandra
The scriptures compare the Moon to a white goose in the blue lake of sky.
Chandra, British Museum, 13th century, Konark

In the Vedas, the word Soma is primarily used for an intoxicating and energizing/healing plant drink and the deity representating it.

Indian martial arts

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Indian martial arts refers to the fighting systems of the Indian subcontinent.

Indian martial arts refers to the fighting systems of the Indian subcontinent.

Mughal warriors practicing horseback archery, a skill they were highly renowned for
Statue of Shivaji, the warrior-king who brought the Maratha people and fighting style to prominence.
The katara, the most characteristic of daggers in the Indian subcontinent.
A southern two-handed sword
Bhima dueling Duryodhana
Wrestling match in Bharatpur, 2013.
Kalaripayat stick-fighting
Historic Indosphere cultural influence zone of Greater India for transmission of elements of Indian culture including martial arts.
Locking technique shown at 12th century Airavatesvara Temple

The Vishnu Purana text describes dhanuveda as one of the traditional eighteen branches of “applied knowledge” or upaveda, along with shastrashastra or military science.