The Vedas are the earliest literary
productions preserved in any branch of the Indo-European family. The word Veda derived from the root Vid to
know means sacred lore or that from which knowledge is got. The Vedas are four in number nowadays.
1.Rkveda, 2. Yajurveda, 3. Saamaveda, and 4. Atharvanaveda. Actually
Vedas are spoken as three-fold=Trayee.
Rk means laudatory stanza mainly in praise of gods. Saman means propitiation in praise of
Gods. Yajus means sacrificial activities
while prayer or worship. The Atharvaveda
also called Atharvaangirasa is heterogeneous collections of spell which direct
against hostaile agencies such as diseases, noxious animals, demons, enemies
etc., In each and every Vedas, there are
Samhitas, Brahmanams, Aranyakas and Upanishads are found as the portions of
them. Among them Samhita and Brahmanam
portions together are known as Karmakanda since they are mainly concerned with
sacrifices and other rituals(Karmas).
The aranyakas are known as Upasanakaanda and Upanishads are as
Jnanakandas (or dealing with Vedic philosophies).
SAMHITAS
|
BRAHMANA
|
AARANYAKA
|
UPANISHAD
|
SIKSHA/
PRATISAKYA
|
Srautasutra
|
Grhyasutra
|
Dharmasutra
|
Sulbasutra
|
REMARKS
|
I Rgveda
1.Saakalasakha
2. Baashkalasakha
3. Aasvalaayanasaakha
|
1. Aitareya
Brahmanam
2.
Saankhayana or
Kousheetaki
|
1. Aitareya
Aranyakam
2 Saankhayana
|
1
Aitareyopanishad
- Srshtivada,
Adarsavada
(Prajnaanam
Brahma)
2 Kousheetaki-
Upanishad
(Pranatattvasya
Prasthapanam)
3.
Baashkalopanishad
|
1. Paniniyasiksha
2. Rkpratisakhya/
Parishada (Paarshad)
Rk-lakshana
(Sounakaracana)
|
1.Asvalayana
2. Kousheetaki
Or
Saankhayana
|
1.Asvalayana
2. Saankhayana
Or
Kousheetaki
3.
Saambavya
|
Vasishta
Dharmasutra
(Only one)
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Rtvik- HOTA
105801/4 Mantras
1017 Suktas,
85 Anuvakas
10 Mandalas,
64 Adhyayas
2006 Vargas
Date:-
1.1000-1200 B.C
- Maxmuller
2. About
1200-
1500 B.C
- Webber
3. 2500 –
4000
B.C
- Tilakar
4. 2500-4500 B.C
-
Jacobee
5. 4500-6000 B.C
- Winternitze
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