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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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How is evolution portrayed?
I've seen a YouTube video that I am unable to find again that says that a Vedic text says that beings evolve from most complex being to the simplest being (backwards from scientific conception) ... I …
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Is the word "Mleccha" mentioned in the Vedas?
Yes, it's present in the Vedas but not earlier than the Brāhmaṇas according to a paper The Foreigner As The Other In Early India by Aloka Parasher-Sen on this subject:
There is evidence that the Indians …
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How do English translators of Vedas interpret the Vedas?
This answer lists several methods translators/commentators may adopt when they decide to translate the Vedas or write commentary on them. … Is it possible to tell from an English translation of the Vedas (saṃhitas or brāhmaṇas) on how the mantras are interpreted?
Are there any telltale signs of the method used in a certain translation? …
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Scriptural authority for conversion of non-Hindus
As P. V. Kane categorically says in History of Dharmaśāstra, Vol II Part I, there is no provision for admitting people of other faiths into Hinduism.
Hinduism has not been an avowedly proselytizin …
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Need reference to iron (shyama-ayas or krishna-ayas) in Vedic Samhitas
Search Results for स्यामा (Syama) in all Vedas
You really want to search for श्याम (śyāma) and not स्याम (syāma). …
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Jataveda and Kravyada forms of Agni, the vedic God of fire
The Oxford translation of Rigveda by Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton gives a brief summary of various epithets of Agni including Jātavedas and Kravyād.
E. Agni "Fire"
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Many aspects of Ag …
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Reference for Shankaracharya quote?
You maybe referring to Śaṅkarācārya's commentary on Bhagavad-gītā 18.66:
As for the argument that (the figurative notion should be accepted) on the authority of the Vedas, we say, 'No', because their … ; but not with regard to objects of direct perception etc., because the validity of the Vedas lies in revealing what is beyond direct perception. …
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Dates of Vedas and scriptures
In his article Lokamanya Tilak and the Astronomical Dating of the Vedas, Indian astrophysicist Jayant V. … His monograph, The Orion: Research into the Antiquity of the Vedas, is a scholarly discussion of this approach. …
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How is Purusha Sukta revealed in Samaveda?
Compared to its Ṛg-vedic counterpart which has 16 verses, Puruṣa-sūkta of Sāma-veda has only 5 verses. Those verses (617-621§), from GRETIL:
REFERENCE SYSTEM:
ārcika | prapāṭhaka | ardha | daśa …
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What is the explanation for Aitareya Brahmana III. 3
Can we thus conclude, using the above verse, that polygyny is allowed and polyandry forbidden?
Yes. P. V. Kane cites this verse in the chapter on polygamy in History of Dharmaśāstra, Vol II Part I:
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Why are Yama or Agni or Matarishvan not worshipped even though they are Forms of the Supreme...
The later Vedas have also very little of mythology. It is the Brāhmaṇa literature with which real mythology starts. … Yet another epithet of Indra in the Vedas is Ahalyāyai jara which only means favourer of the unploughed land. …
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Why cows are given so much importance in Vedas?
Does giving so much consideration towards cows not give it a more regional perspective i.e., does it not make Vedas look more like a commonly accepted set of social norms which ancient Indians devised … Indeed in the Vedas cows and sacrifice go together. …
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English Transliteration of Vedas and Upanishads
Vedas are available here
For Upaniṣads, check this link
TITUS, Digital Corpus of Sanskrit and Wisdom Library are few other places where you can find the transliterated Hindu texts. …
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What is the meaning of Atharva veda 4:34:2?
To fully understand the context of this verse/hymn, you can read John Muir's
Yama and the Doctrine of a Future Life, According to the Rig-, Yajur-, and Atharva-Vedas where the author writes:
The enjoyments …
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Real or virtual Peepal tree?
वेदवित् is the knower of the Vedas.
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The description of the universe as a peepul tree is only metaphorical. … so also the Vedas protect this tree of Samsara? treating of virtue and vice? with their causes and fruits. He who knows this tree of Samsara and its roots as described above is a knower of the Vedas. …
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