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Vedas Essential Details

I am providing some essential information on the Vedas, The Sacred Text of the Hindus.

Vedas are transmitted by word of mouth and it is ordained that The Vedas must be learned by "Listening'

Though five Hundred years have passed , the intonation across the length and breadth of India or wherever the Vedas are recited, there is no difference in the Text or intonation.

If there is a variation, as it does in some texts, recitation, it has been grouped and one who knows the Vedas follows only what is ordained for him .

Isa Upanishad Introduction

There are Four Vedas,

Rik,

Yajur,

Sama and

Atharva.

Rik Veda is the most ancient literature known to Man.

It contains Hymns .

It is called Rik as it is composed in a particular and format. tune,.

Yajur Veda deals with the Duties of Man mainly with Knowledge portion also provided.

There are two kinds in Yajur Veda.

Shukla Yajur and Krishna Yajur.

Shukla Yajur was complied by Sage Yagnyavalkya.

Krishna Yajur and the entire Vedas were complied by Veda Vyasa.

Sama Veda is set to tune.

It is Rik Veda, with minor differences.

While these three Vedas deal with Superior Knowledge,(para), the Atharva handles day to day knowledge like science, technology and the like,warfare, magic.