Religious Studies 1023E Lecture Notes - Yajurveda, Rigveda, Samaveda

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1023E
• Professor: William Acres

Document Summary

What sect of hinduism are we learning about: vedanta. It is difficult to give an exact date of origin. It is one of the oldest living religions. It is one of the most widely practiced inside and outside india. When did the europeans come: they came in the 18th and 19th century, they formalized it into a semblance of christianity. It is not in modern day pakistan: the most closely related group are the south dravidians, they were original inhabitants and they were smarter than aryans, existing culture and civilization called indus valley, which have the name. What is the backwards projection: suggests that people from present day india left to europe and not the other way around, latin and sanskrit have ancient origins and contain similar words. It is doubtful that it was ever a vernacular (a popularly spoken language) It shares works with ancient languages of the middle east.