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Trantras AgamasTantra literature is considered to be first spoken by Lord Shiva to his consort Parvati The Tantra has three divisions viz Agama, Yamala and Tantra Tantra is also...
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Smriti LiteratureVedangasVedangas are six auxiliary disciplines associated with the study and understanding of the Vedas They include Shiksha (Phonetics), Kalpa (Ritual Canon), Vyakaran (Grammar), Nirukta (explanation), Chhanda (Vedic meter)...
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BrahmanasBrahmanas are prose texts explaining the meaning of hymns of Vedas, giving their applications and stories of their origin and composersAranyakasAranya means forest Aranyakas were written in forests for...
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Shruti and SmritiThe Vedic literature is broadly divided into two categories viz Shruti and Smriti Shruti (that was heard) literature was initially transmitted orally before it was finally written...
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LiteratureOutline of Vedic LiteratureThe glory of Aryans is in their literature The Vedic texts were composed in Sanskrit and orally transmitted for many centuries before they were finally written...
[ read more ]The Extent of Vedic Civilization: Sapta Sindhu, Brahmavarta and Aryavarta……
The Sapta Saindhavas country of the Rig Vedic period was bounded by the Himalayas and modern Tibet in the east, Turkistan in the north, Afghanistan, in the west and...
[ read more ]The Extent of Vedic Civilization: Sapta Sindhu, Brahmavarta and Aryavarta
The Extent of Vedic Civilization: Sapta Sindhu, Brahmavarta and AryavartaFrom their original home in Central Asia, the Aryans moved towards South-west in around 2000 BC and settled mainly in...
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Archaeological EvidencesAs mentioned above, there are not many archaeological evidences to clearly prove the migration of Aryans However, there are three documents which contain references to Aryan names Interestingly,...
[ read more ]Tibet Home Theory
Tibet Home TheoryIn Satyarth Prakash, Swami Dayanand Saraswati propounded that the original home of the Aryans was Tibet Logic given was that sun and fire was worshipped in Tibet...
[ read more ]Central Asia as Aryan Home
Central Asia as Aryan HomeAs per this, the original home of the Aryans was in the Eurasian steppes lands north and east of Black Sea and extending towards Caspian...
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