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.

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 Hindu Sanatana Dharma theology, as per the divine revelations i. e. the Vedas, Brahm / Parabrahma is the one unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all things in this Universe.

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.

This distinguishes them from the older sacred Vedas, which until recently were only memorised, never committed to paper.

** the Historical Vedic religion, of which the Vedas record the liturgy

Tilak also authored ' Shrimadbhagwadgeetarahasya ' - the analysis of ' Karmayoga ' in the Bhagavadgita, which is known to be gift of the Vedas and the Upanishads.

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.

Hence, his existence is proved from his being the author of the Vedas, which he revealed to various sages over a period of time.

After the flood the Lord inspires the Manusmriti, largely based upon the Vedas, which details the moral code of conduct, of living and the division of society according to the caste system.

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.

Ṛṣis provided knowledge to the world which included the knowledge of Vedas.

King Bairah recovered the vedas and gave it to deities for preaching after which the drowned world began to live in the wisdom of Vedas.

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 ).

He has his apologists and staunch devotees within the Hindu traditions, some of whom believe that his description as a ten-headed person ( Daśamukha or Daśagrīva ) is a reference to him possessing a very thorough knowledge over the 4 Vedas and 6 Upanishads, which made him as powerful as 10 scholars.

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.

Since, moreover, Dharma was made the central subject of a literary tradition which was to become vast and extensive throughout India, while the conception of Ṛta remained largely confined to the Vedas and their commentaries, it naturally took possession of brāhmaṇical thinking even at the expense of older, exalted concepts and conceptions.

Knowledge traditions in India handed down philosophical gleanings and theological concepts through the two traditions of Shruti and Smriti, meaning that which is learnt and that which is experienced-this included the Vedas.

As confirmed by latest research in the field of archeology and Astronomy, Vedas were older than 2600 BC which takes it far earlier than all other religious texts.

While some of the substances were illicit ( e. g. cannabis ), most of them had apparently been obtained through legitimate prescriptions for treatment of various illnesses from which Vedas was said to have suffered.

Vedas then began consuming psilocybe mushrooms, which had been stored in a prescription medication bottle.

After a brief respite, Vedas then consumed 110 mg of propranolol ( Inderal ), two Vicodin tablets, and 120 mg temazepam, which seem to have been taken in between descriptions given on the IRC channel.

After taking another large quantity of the same drugs he had already ingested, Vedas gave instructions that if anything were to go wrong, that they should try to contact him by calling his cell phone, and if that did not work, they should call the local authorities and give them the license plate number of his car, which was parked in his driveway and could easily be seen from the street.

Epic poetry, from the Indian Vedas ( 1700 – 1200 BC ) and Zoroaster's Gathas to the Odyssey ( 800 – 675 BC ), appears to have been composed in poetic form to aid memorization and oral transmission, in prehistoric and ancient societies.

In Indian religions according to Vedas and Bhagavad Gita, Yoni is a form of life or a species.

" 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 Upanishads, which form the philosophical ‘ conclusions ’ ( vedAnta ) of the Vedas, repeatedly stress the formlessness ( nirākāra, no material form ) and unimaginable nature of God, and advise the aspirant to realise the divine presence inwardly.

However, because of the Vedas ’ divine and unadulterated form, a rule that claims connection to this literature is given more merit even if it does not cite a specific passage.

The Aranyakas ( Sanskrit ) are part of the Hindu śruti, the four Vedas ; they were composed in late Vedic Sanskrit typical of the Brahmanas and early Upanishads ; indeed, they frequently form part of either the Brahmanas or the Upanishads.

The Samhitas and Brahmanas form the Karma-Kanda segment of the Vedas and deals with ceremonial rites and rituals, whilst the Aranyakas and the Upanishads form the Gyan-Kanda segment of the Vedas and focuse on philosophy and spiritualism.

* The Samhitas form the first part of each of the four Vedas.

In his preface Wilkins argued that the Gita was written to encourage a form of monotheist " unitarianism " and to draw Hinduism away from the polytheism he ascribed to the Vedas.

The Vedas form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.

The Tamil compendium of devotional songs known as Tirumurai, along with the Vedas, the Shaiva Agamas and " Meykanda " or " Siddhanta " Shastras, form the scriptural canon of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta.

The songs of these four saints are part of the compendium known as Tirumurai which, along with the Vedas, Shaiva Agamas, and the Meykanda Shastras, are now considered to form the scriptural basis of the Śaiva Siddhānta in Tamil Nadu.

" This ovi is an invocation to OM, and is followed by an elaborate explanation of Lord Shri Krishna's form as the embodiment of the Vedas and Puranas, and the complete representation of OM:

Ganas have been narrated in Vedas in the form of assemblies of warriors as is clear from the following sutras of Rigveda ( RV 3-26-6 ):

Another legend has it that during the creation, the demons Madhu and Kaitabha stole the Vedas from Brahma, and Vishnu then took the Hayagriva form to recover them.

Yet another legend has it that during the creation, Vishnu compiled the Vedas in the Hayagriva form.

The Vedas form the fundamental source text for everything in Hinduism.

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.