Question
Download Solution PDFThe main collections of Vedic hymns are called ______.
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Samhita.
- The main collections of Vedic hymns are called Samhita.
Key Points
- The Rigveda Samhita is the oldest extant Indic text.
- It is a collection of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses in all, organized into ten books (Sanskrit: mandalas).
- The hymns are dedicated to Rigvedic deities.
- Samhitas are ritualistic texts, and they explain the social and religious importance of rituals.
- Each Samhita has added texts called Brahmanas, which have commentaries on the hymns and rituals.
- Each brahmana has an Aranyaka (forest text) and an Upanishad.
- The Aranyakas contain mystical ritual instructions to be undertaken in secret by the sages who live in the forests.
- Upanishads deal with philosophical inquiries.
Important Points
- Sutra:
- Sutra in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text.
- Sutras are a genre of ancient and medieval Indian texts found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
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