Tag: Vedas

This blog post is first in the series “Vedas For Dummies”. 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 Manusmriti (law co...

The etymology of the word mantra is “Mananāt trāyatē iti mantrah” — which means repetition (Mananāt) of that which protects (trāyatē). Taking a quick step back — to understand mantras, we need to first know the origin of Sanskrit letters which constitutes i...

This blog post is second in the series “Vedas For Dummies” describing the structure of the Vedas. Before reading this post get an overview of the Vedas by reading my earlier post: Vedas For Dummies — Introduction There is a multi-layered structure to the Vedas. I start with...