RES 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rigveda, Sacred Language, Upanishads

• School: Pace University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RES 106
• Professor: morris

Document Summary

Hinduism is known as the oldest tradition or religion which has emerged from india to this day. The term hinduism wasn"t created by worshippers, but rather it was developed by. Hinduism consists of many different beliefs and forms, often times the different forms and beliefs don"t relate to each other, but mainly all share the same geographical location. It is nearly impossible to pinpoint the exact start of hinduism due to there being no written texts due there being no access to something durable to write on (which won"t be erased or decayed by natural causes). However, we do know that the oldest written hinduism text was written around 1500 b. c. e. (before common era) and was called the rig veda, during the. The rig veda is a sacred text, written in sanskrit (primary sacred language of hinduism), in which there are 1,028 hymns (religious songs/prayers) and 16,000 verses.