CAS RN 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, Samaveda
18 Feb 2016
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I shruti (authorless, heard, revealed = sound vocalized ) Each of the four vedas has four parts: rig veda, sama veda, yajur veda, atharva veda, samhita (the basic collection of hymns and formulas, brahmana (explanatory discussions, aranyaka (forest-dwelling treatise, upanishad (intimate dialogues on mystical equations) The vedas, collectively, have appendages (vedanga) dealing with phonetics, grammar, etymology, meter, astrology, and ritual codes. Itihasa ( the way it was ): epic and legends: mahabharata (400bce-400ce, ramayana (200bce-200ce, bhagavad gita, purana (ancient lore, darshana (philosophy [after 400ce], sankhya, yoga, mimamsa, nyaya, vaisheshika, vedanta, tantra and agama (sectarian manuals, kavya (poetry, natya (dance) 4, 320, 000 years = 1 caturyuga = 12, 000 god years (360 human years = 1 god year) 4, 320,000, 000 human years = 1 day of brahma (lives 100 years) 299, 520, 000, 000, 000 human years = 1 brahma lifetime = 1 vishnu wink.
