Due to the nature of Vedic Sanskrit, a term such as Ṛta can be used to indicate numerous things, either directly or indirectly, and both Indian and European scholars have experienced difficulty in arriving at fitting interpretations for Ṛta in all of its various usages in the Vedas, though the underlying sense of " ordered action " remains universally evident.

He wrote metrical translations of the Vedas, and numerous papers on the Vedas and linguistics, many of which were collected in the Oriental and Linguistic Studies series ( 1872 – 74 ).

Louis Jaccoliot ( 1837 – 1890 ) who worked in French India as a government official and was at one time President of the Court in Chandranagar, translated numerous Vedic hymns and the celebrated author of the Bible in India: Hindoo Origin of Hebrew and Christian Revelation said: " India of the Vedas entertained a respect for women amounting to worship ; a fact which we seem little to suspect in Europe when we accuse the extreme East of having denied the dignity of woman, and of having only made her an instrument of pleasure and of passive obedience.

The Padma ( Sanskrit for lotus flower ) is mentioned numerous times in Hindu Mythology including the Vedas, the Puranas, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

“ When the city was built, there came, numerous Brahmanas well-acquainted with all the Vedas and conversant with every language, wishing to dwell there.

Painga, Varaha, Sunaka, and Sandilya of great ascetic merit: Kukkura, Venujangha, Kalapa and Katha ;-- these virtuous and learned Munis with senses and souls under complete control, and many others as numerous, all well-skilled in the Vedas and Vedangas and conversant with ( rules of ) morality and pure and spotless in behaviour, waited on the illustrious Yudhishthira, and gladdened him by their sacred discourses.

In this period the mantra portions of the Vedas are largely completed, and a flowering industry of Vedic priesthood organized in numerous schools ( shakha ) develops exegetical literature, viz.

Ancient hymns include the Egyptian Great Hymn to the Aten, composed by Pharaoh Akhenaten ; the Vedas, a collection of hymns in the tradition of Hinduism ; and the Psalms, a collection of songs from Judaism.

The documented history of Indian religions begins with the historical Vedic religion, the religious practices of the early Indo-Aryans, which were collected and later redacted into the Samhitas ( usually known as the Vedas ), four canonical collections of hymns or mantras composed in archaic Sanskrit.

The four Vedas, notably the hymns of the Rigveda, contain allusions to many themes ( see Rigvedic deities, Rigvedic rivers ).

In the Rig Veda, Dyaus Pitar appears in hymns 1. 89, 1. 90, 1. 164, 1. 191 and 4. 1 in simple invocations, but is not seen in the deeper older roots of the classical vedas which point to it being newly created and not the original part of the Indian Vedas.

In the Vedas, the word denotes an inspired poet of Ṛgvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry.

In the hymns of the Vedas, Ṛta is described as that which is ultimately responsible for the proper functioning of the natural, moral and sacrificial orders.

The second, and most common meaning of the word, refers to the sacred ancient literature of Hinduism, the Vedas, a collection of hymns, poetry and Hindu ceremonial formulae ( Veda ).

First, unlike the religious focus of the other Vedas, the Atharva-veda contains hymns, spells and magical incantations for personal and domestic use ( Veda ).

Weekly service were held consonant with the Trust directive, consisting of three successive parts: recitation of the Vedas by Telugu Brahmins in the closed apartment exclusively before the Brahmin members of the congregation, reading and exposition of the Upanishads for the general audience, and singing of hymns.

Some of the mantras, suktas from the hymns of the Vedas, conform to this usage.

The Vedas are a collection of liturgy ( mantras, hymns )

The concept of a singular divine being with many expressions is not a new development in thought: it has been a major theme in India for many centuries, at the very least as far back as the 5th century, though hymns in the early Vedas too speak of a one-Goddess-many-goddesses concept.

His hymns are considered by the Vaishnavites to contain the essence of the Vedas.

The ancient Vedas ( hymns from between 1500 to 1000 BCE that are among the earliest examples of literature in the world ) contain no hint of it ( although a small number are composed in a form of dialogue ) and the rituals of the Vedic period do not appear to have developed into theatre.

Before the development of writing, it is probable that there were already epic poems, hymns to gods and incantations ( such as those later found written in the ancient library at Ninevah, and the Vedas ), and other oral literature ( for example, see ancient literature ).

# śruti, literally translates as " what is heard ," but refers to the Vedas or Vedic literature which are the liturgical and praise hymns of the earliest Hindu tradition

The earliest text of the Vedas is the Rigveda, a collection of poetic hymns used in the sacrificial rites of Vedic priesthood.

Indian philosophy begins with the Vedas where questions related to laws of nature, the origin of the universe and the place of man in it are asked.

While there are ancient relations between the Indian Vedas and the Iranian Avesta, the two main families of the Indo-Iranian philosophical traditions were characterized by fundamental differences in their implications for the human being's position in society and their view on the role of man in the universe.

Alcohol-drinking, Fish, Meat eating, aasava consumption – these are not present in Vedas.

India has one of the oldest musical traditions in the world — references to Indian classical music ( marga ) are found in the Vedas, ancient scriptures of the Hindu tradition.

It is generally agreed that " Unlike the Vedas, which have to be preserved letter-perfect, the epic was a popular work whose reciters would inevitably conform to changes in language and style ," so the earliest surviving components of this dynamic text are believed to be no older than the earliest external references we have to the epic, which may include an allusion in Panini's fourth century BCE grammar ( Ashtādhyāyī 4: 2: 56 ).

In addition to the Vedas, the principal texts of Hinduism, the core themes of the Sanskrit epics Ramayana and Mahabharata are said to have their ultimate origins during this period.

This idea of pantheism is traceable from the Puranas which are the nearest allegorical representations created for the masses whereas Vedas were for the highly literate.

In Hinduism some Vedas are considered

" Do not say that the Vedas and the Koran ( semetic books i. e. Bible, torah and quran ) are false.

He chants mantras from the Vedas and subsidiary texts while the couple are seated before the fire.

* 1500 BC – 500 BC — Vedas are composed.

There are three modes of material nature ( guna ), as described in the Vedas and other Indian Scriptures: Sattva ( goodness, maintenance, stillness, intelligence ), Rajas ( passion, creation, energy, activity ), and Tamas ( ignorance, restraint, inertia, destruction ).

Instances of piracy in India are recorded on Vedas.

It can be of two types, Vaidika ( Vedic ), which are the words of the four sacred Vedas, and are described as the Word of God, having been composed by God, and Laukika, or words and writings of trustworthy human beings.

* Pratyayataḥ ( lit, from faith ): the Hindu holy scriptures, the Vedas, are regarded as the source of eternal knowledge.

" Though materialism in some form or other has always been present in India, and occasional references are found in the Vedas, the Buddhistic literature, the Epics, as well as in the later philosophical works we do not find any systematic work on materialism, nor any organised school of followers as the other philosophical schools possess.

The Vedas are four in number, namely RigVeda, YajurVeda, SamaVeda, and the AtharvaVeda.

In the Vedas, Thirty-three gods are listed.

Rudras are at times identified with the Maruts – sons of Rudra in the Vedas ; while at other times, considered distinct from them.

The Vedas do not identify the Ādityas and there is no classification of the thirty-three gods, except for in the Yajurveda ( 7. 19 ), which says there are eleven gods in heaven ( light space ), eleven gods in atmosphere ( intermediate space ), and eleven gods in earth ( observer space ).

Her body is said to consist of the four Vedas and her six limbs are the six Angas of the Vedas.

Naraka in Vedas, is a place where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins.