Vedas For Dummies — Introduction
<p>This blog post is first in the series “Vedas For Dummies”.</p>
<p>Veda means ‘knowledge’. According to contemporary notion, there are four Vedas namely Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. However, accounting to the Buddhist tests and the <em>Manusmriti</em> (law code of Manu), around second century CE, only three Vedas were mentioned — Rig, Yajur and Sama. However, in Mahabharatha and later literature, there is acknowledgement of the four Vedas.</p>
<p><strong>Rig Veda</strong></p>
<p>Rig means to ‘praise’. Rig Veda is the first and most ancient Veda. It was largely composed within the Indian subcontinent, though it included features from elsewhere like languages. Rig Veda is an anthology of 1028 poems.</p>
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