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Vedas are the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. There are four vedas viz., Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. They were compiled by Sage Vyasa.

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Is very word of the Vedas eternal according to advaita vedanta?

Based on Sethu's comment, here is the Gita bhashya of Adi Shankara on verse 18.66, The validity of the Vedas holds good only with regard to matters concerning the relation between ends and means of Agnihotra … etc., whichare not known through such valid means of knowledge as direct perception; but not with regard to objects of direct perception etc., because the validity of the Vedas lies in revealing what …
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Any Books to understand philosophy of Vedas?

They have a complete 22 volume set that covers all four vedas, including sanskrit, transliteration, translation and interpretation but you can buy each samhita separately also. …
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Quotes to prove similarity between Vedic Samhita and Upanishaic Vedantic Philosophy?

Ishopanishad is in the samhita portion of its shakha (it is the 40th adhyaya of Vajasaneyi Samhita of Shuklayajurveda). The Maitrayani Upanishad belongs to Maitrayani Samhita of the Krishna Yajurveda. …
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Vedas as authoritative but not eternal?

Samkhya & Yoga believes that the Vedas are non eternal. The Nyaya & Vaisheshika believe that the Vedas are authored by God and non eternal. … Mimansa does not accept Ishvara and Vedanta does not accept God to be an author of the Vedas. …
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How are the Vedas authorless according to Mīmāṃsā and Vedanta?

Thus, the question is now limited to whether humans authored the Vedas. Sabara's bhashya on Jaimini's Mimansa Sutras give long explanation on why the Vedas are eternal and authorless. … The Vedas are the former. Mimamsakas argue that that the Vedas are svata-pramanya (intrinsically valid) and because the sabda is eternal, the vedas are eternal. …
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Do the Brahmanas of the Rig Veda mention Brahma and Vishnu's contest?

The incident involving Shiva evolving as a fire is related to Arunachala (Tiruvannamalai). It is not found in Rig Veda. It is found in the Samhita of the Skanda Purana Original Sanskrit text Translati …
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Was absence of mention about brAhmanas, upanishads, aranyakas in Ramayana indicates that it ...

There are other references of vedas in Ramayana. … , and for the sake of expounding the Vedas, he [Valmiki] composed and made them study the Ramayana.. …
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What does the Vedic term ' MAYA ' truly mean?

In the 20th verse of Brahmajnanavalimala, Adi Shankara says. ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः । अनेन वेद्यं सच्छास्त्रमिति वेदान्तडिण्डिमः ॥ २०॥ Brahma Satyam Jagan Mithya Jivo Brahmaiva N …
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