Questions tagged [samhita]
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Does the different texts within Vedas follow a certain hierarchy or any known order of authority?
In Vedas there are texts such as Aranyakas, Brahmanas, Upanisads, Samhitas etc. so in the case of differing views of various texts is there a certain order of which text view should be taken first?
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How do the Vedas sing, at the beginning middle and end, of Brahman?
(At least read the main Question portion, the explanation before it and the note below it are very long)
One has to understand a scripture gets its sanctity when it is attributed to wholly to Brahman. ...
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What does the Ravana Samhita say about Rahu?
I can't read Hindi and Sanskrit.
Which of the signs of the zodiac is called Rahu's own sign or Rahu's exaltation sign in this edition of the Ravana Samhita?
https://archive.org/details/rXra_ravan-...
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Are the Vedic Samhitas complete?
Patanjali's Mahabhashyam mentions that there existed 1131 Shakhas originally, each of whom taught a particular Brahmana and Aranyaka. In the present day, only around 12 of them exist, from this we can ...
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Does god (Ishwar) incarnate in this cosmic material world? Please provide reference from Vedas!
Is incarnation of god mentioned in any of the 4 Vedas? could you please provide reference with Shloka and it's meaning? Many thanks!
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Which scriptures should be suffixed with the term Samhita?
According to the Wikipedia
Samhita literally means "put together, joined, union", a "collection",
and "a methodically, rule-based combination of text or verses".
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Who is Prajāpatir̥ṣi, the composer of Tāittirīya-saṁhitā́ prathamaḥ kāṇḍē, prathama praśnaḥ mantrāḥ 1-13?
१-१-१ इ॒षे त्वा॒र्जेत्वा १- १ - २ य॒ज्ञस्य॑ घ॒षद॑सि १-१-३ शुन्ध॑ध्वं॒
दैव्या॑य॒ कर्म॑णे १-१-४ कर्मणे वां देवेभ्य॑ः १-१-५ दे॒वो व॑
सवि॒तोत्पु॑नातु॒ १-१-६ अव॑धूत॒ रक्षोऽव॑धूताः १-१-७ धृष्टि॑र॒सि॒
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For the past 2 millenia, have the mantras of the Vedas been chanted wrong?
My doubt arises from this article https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/books/rigveda/RV00
Also the Tāittirīya-saṁhitā́ contains both mántra-s (poëtry written in meter) and yájus-es and brā́hmaṇa-s (prose not ...
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Is Ravana Samhita authentic?
There was a note in the International Ayurvedic Medical Journal that the Sanskrit manuscript of the Ravana Samhita is in the Institute of Oriental Studies of Bhandarkar:
https://fdocuments.in/document/...
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Reference form parashara Samhita?
सन्त्यक्तकिटिरूपोऽसौ मूको नामासुरस्तदा ।
कलावीशापकाराय कर्नाटे सम्भविष्यति ।
मधु नाम वहन्नेष व्याससूत्राणि केवलम् ।
द्वैतमार्गानुसारेण व्याख्यास्यति सुमूढधीः ॥ (पराशरसंहिता )
There was an evil-minded ...
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Which characters of Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa are also mentioned in the Vedas?
By characters, I mean people (kings, queens and sages) like Daśaratha, Rāma, Janaka, Sītā, Viśvāmitra, Vasiṣṭha, etc. and not gods/mythological beings like Indra, Agni, Śiva and Viṣṇu.
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Which shloka of which mandala of Rigveda - are part of Rigvedic "samhita"?
As every veda has four parts.
Which shloka of which mandala of Rigveda - are part of Rigvedic "samhita" ? Is there any list available?
which list of shloka/mandala are part of rigveda brahmana
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What are the excess mantras of Kanva Samhita?
The saṃhitā portion of the Śuklayajurveda known as the Vājasaneyī saṃhita has 2 different recessions - Mādhyandina & Kāṇva. Both recessions have 40 chapters but they differ in the placement of the ...
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Is there any full manuscript(or printed edition) of Sanatkumar Samhita which is a part of the Samhita version of Skanda Puran available?
In the Samhita version of Skanda Puran, we have the Sanatkumar Samhita, just to clarify, it is not the Panchratra Sanatkumar Samhita, can anyone specify in which library, a full manuscript of the ...
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I want to buy English translation of narada Samhita
Hi I want to buy the book narada samhita in english
Pls help
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destruction of Tripuras mentioned in other samhitas
The destruction of Tripuras by Lord Rudra is mentioned in Taittiriya samhita as-
तेषामसुराणां तिस्त्रः पुर आसन्नयस्मय्यवमाथ रजताथ हरिणी ता देवा जेतुं नाशक्नुवन्ता उपसदैवाजिगीषन्तस्मादाहुर्यश्चैव वेद ...
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If I attain turiya is it possible to turn things to gold by rubbing one's feces over it?
If I attain turiya is it possible to turn things to gold by rubbing one's feces over it?
I've read that a yogi can convert iron into gold by rubbing his feces or urine over it.
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What is the difference between Shiksha and Pratishakhya granth?
Are Pratishkhya granth and Shiksha the same?
I want to know the rules of pronouncing letters in samhita of Shukla Yajurveda, Madhyandini shakha. Should I look for a Shikha granth or Pratishakya?
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Is all of Vedas (Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka and Upanishad) supposed to be completely infallible (errorless), authorless and eternal?
I have heard of the concept of Apaurasheya, being authorless, and that all of the six astika Darsanas considered Vedas either infallible or eternal or authorless. My question is, does that apply to ...
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