Did you Know? - 1। Four Vedas । Knowledge from Sanskrit Literature

In this post of 'Did you Know' series, let's see the four Vedas -

1) Rigveda (ऋग्वेदः) - The oldest Samhita in ancient Indian Literature. It has 1028 hymns. They are mantras.

2) Sama Veda (सामवेदः) - Sama Veda takes some hymns from Rigveda and recites them in a musical way. It is believed that the classical music was originated from this Veda.

3) Yajurveda (यजुर्वेदः) - This Vedic composition has procedures to do sacrifices or yajna (यज्ञ).

4) Atharva Veda/Atharvana Veda (अथर्ववेदः)- This is secular in nature. It has some social science aspects even more compared to other Vedas.

Krishna Dwaipayana Maharshi compiled and divided the Vedas into four divisions for the convenience of study. And he transferred this Knowledge to his disciples.

Sayanacharya has written commentaries for vedas which is the most popular commentary that is available now-a-days.

Hope you learnt something new from Sanskrit Literature through this post.

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