![]() ![]() ![]() The appendices to Brahmanas are Aranyakas and the appendices to Aranyakas are Upanishads. Each Veda is further sub divided in to Samhithas and Brahmanas. He divided it in to four books viz., Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. The great Veda Vyasa is supposed to have edited this storehouse of inherited knowledge, which was composed by very many rishis in various poetic styles and in prose. This was necessary because the language in which it was composed relied upon compound words, which, if pronounced or split differently gave rise to different meanings. Initially, the Vedas were not written down and the composers simply taught them to their disciples along with pronunciation. Vedas are believed to be birth less and the term originates from the word “vid” meaning knowledge. The word Hindu is the modern term coined by those from foreign land, to denote the followers of Vedas, who preferred to term themselves as those following Sanathana Dharma (literally the birth less and deathless perennial dharmic(just) thought process). Introduction Among the oldest books ever composed by Man are the Vedas-the sacred books of Hindus. ![]()
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