{"id":959,"date":"2010-12-01T00:40:51","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T00:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=959"},"modified":"2010-12-01T00:42:28","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T00:42:28","slug":"sacred-texts-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/sacred-texts-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Texts of India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacred Texts of India<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you have heard about India. You might have heard of ancient texts of India as well. Today, I will tell you about
\nsome of the most famous sacred text from India.<\/p>\n

Vedas<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Veda are classified into Rigveda, Yajurveda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda. Lets find about them briefly:<\/p>\n

1. Rig Veda (\u090b\u0917\u094d\u0935\u0947\u0926\u093e)<\/strong>
\nThe Rig Veda is the oldest among four Vedas. It consist of more than 1000 vedic Sanskrit hymns and more than 10,000 verses. Ten mandalas (volumes) encompasses entire Veda. The containing hymns are dedicated to Rig vedic deities.<\/p>\n

2. Yajur Veda (\u092f\u091c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0947\u0926\u093e)<\/strong>
\nThe Yajur veda consists of antediluvian prose and the verses taken from earlier Rig Veda. Its proses were used in sacrificial rites.<\/p>\n

It can be further divided into two types:
\na. Krishna Yajur Veda
\nb Shukla Yajur Veda<\/p>\n

3. Sama Veda (\u0938\u092e\u093e-\u0935\u0947\u0926\u093e) <\/strong>
\nThe Samaveda Veda which mainly consists of hymns and songs of praises contains around 1549 stanzas except 78 stanzas were taken from earlier Rig Veda. This Veda was primary used for singing in praise of the deities.
\nIt was also used by a priest in sacrifice rites in ancient times.<\/p>\n

4. Atharva Veda (\u0905\u0924\u0930\u0935\u093e-\u0935\u0947\u0926\u093e)<\/strong>
\nThe Atharva Veda, which consist around 760 hymns of speculative and philosophical, was much different than the above mentioned Vedas as it tells us much more on the material aspect of life rather than spiritual. It mainly consists of spells and incantations, to be used in protection of life force from the disease, disaster, demons and so on. Furthermore, some parts of Atharva Veda are even older than earliest Veda, the Rig Veda.<\/p>\n

The Upaveda<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\nThe Upaveda, which mean applied knowledge, concentrated on the subjects of certain technical works. Some of best known Upavedas are:<\/p>\n

1. \u0100yurveda<\/strong> on Medicine, related to the Rig Veda.
\n2. Dhanurveda<\/strong> on Archery, related to the Yajur Veda.
\n3. G\u0101ndharvaveda<\/strong> on Music and sacred dance, related to the
\nSama Veda.
\n4. Shastrashastra<\/strong> on Military science, related to the Atharva Veda.<\/p>\n

The Puranas<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Puranas (\u092a\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0923) which means “of ancient times”, gives a narrative on time. It tells about the universe from its creation to destruction, about the kings, sages, saints, heroes, demigods, philosophy, geography, cosmology as known and understood by Hindu religion. Most of the Puranas are in story form and available in vernacular translation from priest in Indian temples.<\/p>\n

The Puranas are classified into three major groups:<\/p>\n

1. Vishnu Puranas<\/strong> : Vishnu Purana, Bhagavata Purana, N\u0101radeya Purana, Garuda Purana, Padma Purana, Varaha Purana, V\u0101mana Purana, K\u016brma Purana, Matsya Purana, Kalki Purana
\n2. Brahma Puranas<\/strong> : Brahma Purana, Brahm\u0101nda Purana, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, M\u0101rkandeya Purana, Bhavishya Purana,
\n3. Shiva Puranas <\/strong> : Shiva Purana, Linga Purana, Skanda Purana, Agni Purana, V\u0101yu Purana<\/p>\n

Jain and Buddhist Puranas :<\/strong>
\nPuranas also exist in Jain and Buddhist religion both of which originated in India. The best known purana from Jain religion is called Mahapurana of Acharya Jinasena. The famous Buddhist purana is Swayambhu Purana, which give a narrative of mythological history of Nepal and buddist pilgrime.<\/p>\n

The Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\nThe Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101 (\u092d\u0917\u0935\u0926\u094d\u0917\u0940\u0924\u093e, Song of God), also more simply known as Gita, is a guide to Hindu theology and a self-contained guide to life. It is a 700 verses long conversation between Lord Krishna to Arjuna in which former guide later on his confusion and moral on war with his own cousins in the war of Kurukshetra in epic the Mahabharata.<\/p>\n

The Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101 put light on some of the philosophical subjects like :<\/p>\n

* Ishvara (The Supreme Controller)
\n* Jiva (Living beings\/the individualized soul)
\n* Prakrti (Nature\/Matter)
\n* Dharma (Duty in accordance with Divine law)
\n* Kaala (Time)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sacred Texts of India When you have heard about India. You might have heard of ancient texts of India as well. Today, I will tell you about some of the most famous sacred text from India. Vedas The Veda are classified into Rigveda, Yajurveda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda. Lets find about them briefly: 1. Rig…<\/p>\n

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