With reference to Vedic period consider the following statements;1. Th...
- The most important source is the Vedas. Veda means "knowledge". The Vedas are neither any individual religious work nor a collection of definite number of books compiled at a particular time.
- The Vedic literature had grown in the course of many centuries and was handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. It consists of three successive classes of literary creations. Some of these still exist, but many have been completely lost forever.
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With reference to Vedic period consider the following statements;1. Th...
Vedic period is considered as the period when the Vedas were composed. The Vedas are the most important source of information about the Vedic period. Let us discuss the given statements in detail:
1. The most important source of Vedic period is the Vedas: The Vedas are the most important source of information about the Vedic period. The Vedas are a collection of hymns, prayers, and rituals composed in Vedic Sanskrit. There are four Vedas- Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda. These Vedas were composed over a period of several centuries and were transmitted orally from generation to generation.
2. The Vedas are neither any individual religious work nor a collection of definite number of books compiled at a particular time: The Vedas were not composed by any individual but were the result of collective effort by several generations of poets and priests. The Vedas were not compiled at a particular time but were composed over a period of several centuries. The Vedas do not have a definite number of books as the number of hymns and verses in each Veda vary.
3. It consists of three successive classes of literary creations: The Vedas consist of three successive classes of literary creations. The first class of Vedas is the Samhitas which consists of hymns and mantras. The second class of Vedas is the Brahmanas which consists of prose texts explaining the rituals and sacrifices mentioned in the Samhitas. The third class of Vedas is the Aranyakas and Upanishads which consist of philosophical and metaphysical texts.
Therefore, all the given statements are correct. The Vedas are the most important source of information about the Vedic period. The Vedas were not composed by any individual but were the result of collective effort by several generations of poets and priests. The Vedas consist of three successive classes of literary creations- Samhitas, Brahmanas, and Aranyakas and Upanishads.
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