The Vedas are the oldest texts in Hinduism and consist of four main parts:
1. The Samhitas which contain mantras and benedictions.
2. The Aranyakas which discuss rituals, ceremonies, and symbolic sacrifices.
3. The Brahmanas which are commentaries on rituals and ceremonies.
4. The Upanishads which discuss meditation, philosophy, and spiritual knowledge.
The Vedas are the oldest texts in Hinduism and consist of four main parts:
1. The Samhitas which contain mantras and benedictions.
2. The Aranyakas which discuss rituals, ceremonies, and symbolic sacrifices.
3. The Brahmanas which are commentaries on rituals and ceremonies.
4. The Upanishads which discuss meditation, philosophy, and spiritual knowledge.
The Vedas are the oldest texts in Hinduism and consist of four main parts:
1. The Samhitas which contain mantras and benedictions.
2. The Aranyakas which discuss rituals, ceremonies, and symbolic sacrifices.
3. The Brahmanas which are commentaries on rituals and ceremonies.
4. The Upanishads which discuss meditation, philosophy, and spiritual knowledge.
The Vedas are the oldest texts in Hinduism and consist of four main parts:
1. The Samhitas which contain mantras and benedictions.
2. The Aranyakas which discuss rituals, ceremonies, and symbolic sacrifices.
3. The Brahmanas which are commentaries on rituals and ceremonies.
4. The Upanishads which discuss meditation, philosophy, and spiritual knowledge.
2. The Aranyakas (text on rituals, ceremonies, sacrifices and symbolic- sacrifices) Veda means knowledge. They are also called Sruti which means 3. "what was heard" These were added later The Brahmanas (commentaries on on rituals, ceremonies and Parts of Vedas Knowledge of ways to sacrifices) Rig-veda: (knowledge Oldest of all the Vedas praise the eternal or of) Hymns praise the god Also referred to as Vedānta because Sama-veda: (knowledge they appear at the end of) Chanting Songs of the vedas Four in number Vedas (Sruti) Yajur-veda: (knowledge The concepts 4. of) Sacrifice of Brahman and Ātman are The Upanishads (text central ideas in all discussing meditation, the Upanishads philosophy and spiritual Atharva-veda: knowledge) (knowledge of) Everyday actions There are numerous Upanishads but the Language: Sanskrit number of important No certain date of ones is considered to be composition. Various 108 sources date it in the range of 4000 BCE to 1500 BCE
