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Chapter
- IV : The
Scriptures and The Sacred Works | An
Analysis of the Texts Available that gives the Divine Message
for
Every One to Study, Understand and Follow as a Way of Life |
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| | Lesson
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Arrangement of Sama and Atharva Vedas
The
Special features of Art, Music and Magic in the Vedas | |
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Veda has 1000 Sections and the mantras are the same as in Rig Veda.
All these hymns and mantras are set to music in it. Saama means "to bring `Shanthi'
or `Peace' to the minds." The chanting of the Saama Veda really gives peace of
mind and exhilarates the hearer. "Of the Vedas, I am Saama Veda" says Sri Krishna
in Srimad Bhagavat Gita [10-22]. The main Samhitha of this Veda belongs to the
Kauthama school, which is popular. There are also Ranayaniya and Jaiminiya schools
in vogue, which show slight variations. The Samhitha is divided into two parts:
Archika which are collection of Rik Hymns and Gaana which are songs. The scientific
study of Indian Music has evolved basically from these Saama-Gaanas. Saama Veda
has their own set of nine Brahmamnas and three Upanishads.
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Atharva
Veda has 50 Sakhas, and contains 598 hymns and 5038 verses. They are
mantras in prose and as hymns, pertaining to Devathas not mentioned in the other
three Vedas. It contains many mantras and many `magic formulas' designed to ward
off evil and hardship and to destroy enemies. It also contains hymns about creation.
They were brought to light by a Rishi named Atharvan. The word 'Atharvan' means
fire priest. We have the Sounaka school of this Veda and small fragments of the
Kashmirian version of Paippalada Samhitha. Arthasasthra and Ayurveda
are considered to be offshoots of this Veda. It has Gopatha Brahmana and has Prasna,
Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads.
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four Vedas contain not only Philosophical and Theological verses, but also
large segments of every aspect of mathematics and science. We can see astronomical
calculations, Nuclear Physics, Space Technology, Biology and Chemistry and all
Sciences of the past, present and the future. It is said that the Vedic trigonometry
gives references by Saint Bhodayana who first gave the theory on right
angle triangles. This was given to the Western world as theory of Pythogoras,
which every High school student studies.
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Veda | A
Vratya there was, just going about He stirred up Prajapati . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . XV, 1.1 He,
Prajapati, saw in Himself gold ; He generated that " Hiranyagarbham" . . . . XV,
1.2
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became One; that became star - marked ; That became Great ; that became Chief
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became Brahman ; that became Truth ; There with He had Progeny . . . . . . . .
. . . . XV, 1.3 He
increased ; He became Great ; He became the great God, Mahadeva. !! . . . . .
. . . .. . XV, 1.4
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49 , 50
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, 57 , 58 , 59
, 60 , 61 , 62
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