Samhitas or Hymns.
Brahmanas, Rituals.
Aranyakas, to be recited in the forest and
Upanishads, containing the highest Knowledge of Reality, Brahman.
Veda has two sub divisions.
Shukla and Krishna Yajur.
These Hymns have Sukhthas in them which are in praise of Deities and they are also explanation of Cosmology.
Some of them are also addressed to curing diseases .
It is a different matter that these practices were carried to the extreme and they were followed more by rote than by conviction and understanding of the Gnana Kanda of the Vedas.
The message of the Vedas is that , the Ultimate Aim being the Realization of Brahman, The Reality, the performance of actions are to be a tool in the path Realization as Brahman is identified with Knowledge.
Unfortunately, the spirit was lost and the practice of performing Srauta Karmas reached a peak with the advent of Mimamsa.
And innumerable Deities were worshiped, causing confusion.
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