Questions tagged [apaurusheyatva]
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How can the Vedas be eternal when it has authored verses?
How can the Vedas be authorless when it has authored speech? For example in the Chandogya Upanishad:
The Devas (gods) and Asuras (demons) both heard these words, and said: 'Well, let us search for ...
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Caste System in Vedas
Why do Vedas, which are authorless and eternal, contains something like caste system which divides people on the basis of birth and even if they divide people on the basis of guna or karma why there ...
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Eternality of vedas
In Jaimini Mimansa sutra one of the objections raised against eternality of vedas is:-
By reason of no stability. (Sutra 7)
The objector says that there is no stability of the word as
soon as it is ...
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How do orthodox Hindus interpret these Vedic mantras that seem to suggest that the Rishis authored the mantras?
It has been asserted that these mantras suggest that the Rishis authored the Vedic mantras:
RV 1.61.4: asmā idu stomaṃ saṃ hinomi rathaṃ na taṣṭeva — “For him, I
design this hymn, just as a carpenter ...
