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  • Three Hundred Million Years Pranava Veda Fifth of Nine Vedas Aindhiram Tamil?

    Three Hundred Million Years Pranava Veda Fifth of Nine Vedas Aindhiram Tamil?

    Vedas,the Scripture of Hindus, are quite ancient,have been transmitted,are being transmitted this even now and they are believed to be ‘Not Man-made’,Apauresheya’

    They are the inhaling and exhaling of Breath of Brahman,the Reality.

    This Reality is beyond speech,thought,time and space.

    To realise the Reality many paths have been set by people who have Realised It.

    These experiences are recorded in the Vedas.

    In the form of Mantras and Sukthas.

    Vedas provide solutions to mundane problems as well.

    Though the Reality is One and abstract,it can be realised by following procedures laid down in the Vedas.

    This path is a little difficult.

    This process is Called Nirguna Upasana,that is attempting to Realize Brahman as One Beyond Attributes.

    So another system was developed, taking into consideration the limited nature of Mind.

    This is Saguna Upasana.

    That is by praying to Individual Gods.

    As the Vedas have been transmitted orally,it is difficult to the date of origin.

    Taking some parameters like the Sanskrit used in Vedas,The oldest Veda,Rig Veda is currently dated around 5000 Years ago.

    This is way of the mark considering the facts that,

    Ramayana,which came much later is now dated at 5114 BC

    Mahabharata is dated around 5000 BC,

    (I have explained how Ramayana and Mahabharata are dated so close despite the information that these two are separated by thousands of years)

    The archeological evidence unearthed in India, Russia and all over the world ,sets the time line of Vedas by thousands of years.

    And fresh evidence points out that the Rig Veda was composed in The Arctic.

    That alone pushes it’s date back to Hyperborea,that to million years.

    And a million year old advanced Tamil site near Chennai, India refers to Vedas and Vedas refer to Tamil,an ancient language of India.

    Tamil and Sanskrit run parallel and compliment each other.

    The Vedas’ Date may be investigated from Tamil literature.

    And Tamil had a Religious system which includes Sanatana Dharma.

    In addition Tamil has systems not fully developed in the Vedas.

    For example the Vaasi Yoga by Lord Shiva,whose Disciple Panini wrote the Sanskrit Grammar.

    Patanjali,a disciple of Lord Shiva wrote the yoga Sutras,which is a prelude to Vaasi Yoga.

    Unfortunately Not much is known about Vaasi Yoga,though sufficient information is available for Seekers.

    The Tamils home land was Lemuria.

    It is dated around 300 million years ago.

    At the time of its existence,the sunken continent of Atlantis was in place.

    Lord Rama fought with Atlantis people to extend his Empire.

    Rama and the first Human being was Many.

    Many was from the South, Dravida Desa and migrated to Ayodhya due to a Tsunami.

    His son Ikshvsku founded the Surya vamsa, the Solar Dynasty.

    Manu’s daughter Ila founded the Chandra Vamsa,Lunar Dynasty.

    The Tamil philosophical system had a unique feature not found in the Vedas

    That of Siddha,Realized Souls.

    They are Realised souls much like the Yogins.

    It is worth mentioning that Yoga is not mentioned as a system in the Vedas.

    Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras came much later.

    But Shiva,who is considered as the first Siddha,Adi Siddha,in Tamil and is considered to have founded the Tamil language,along with Sanskrit.

    Shiva’s avatars are not found in detail in the north of Vindhya mountains,while South of Vindhya,the Dakshina pada, Dravida Desa details avatars, sixty four in number.

    The landmass which was the Tamils home is about 300 Million year old, Lemuria.

    These people and those adjoining Lemuria,The MU were highly advanced.

    Ancient Tamil Advaita is found in Thirumandhiram,by Thirumoolar.

    And the Tamils had and have a vast literature.

    The Sangam period saw some finest httpsliterature.

    It is currently dated around 3000 years ago.

    But consequent to the dating of Poompuhar,Tamil Nadu to 20,000 years ago,the history of Tamil Sangam goes farther back.

    The oldest Tamil literature available now is Tholkappiyam,a Book on Grammar and this belongs to second Tamil Sangam.

    There was an earlier Tamil Grammar Work Aindhiram,which was lost to a Tsunami.

    Aindhira is presumed to be Indra ,A Vedic Deity.

    He is reported to have written this grammar.

    Tholkappiyam indicates that it follows Aindhiram.

    It is worth noting that Valmiki was a Tamil Sangam poet.

    So was Tholkappiyar,who wrote Tholkappiyam.

    Now recent research Sri.Ganapathi Sthapathi states that Aindhiram was written by Mamuni Mayan.

    This treatise was lost due to Tsunami.

    This is the fist Veda from which the Four Vedas,Rig,Yajur Sama and Atharva sprang.

    The four Vedas were not perfect.

    Interesting concept.

    The basis for the concept rests on the following.

    1. Tamil land Lemuria was older.

    2.The Tamils had a distinct identity.

    3.The term Pranav’s Veda is referred in Bhagavathi and some Puranas.

    4.The Mayan civilisation sprang from Tamils.

    5.Mayan Sculpture and architecture follows Tamil systems.

    It is true that Mayan civilisation had its roots in Bharatavatsha,of which Tamils were a part.

    Tamils followed Sanatana Dharma.

    However they had distinct identity in worship.

    The Vedas speak of Fire Worship.But Tamil worship did not include fires worship at the beginning.

    However references to fire worship in the form Yagnyas are found from the days of Perunchotru Udhiyan Neduncheralaathan,a Cheers king,who donated areas for Dwelling of Brahmins.

    He also took part in the Mahabharata war.

    This places him in the Mahabharata Era.

    Madurai Meenakshi’s father took part in the Mahabharata war, fought along side the Pandavas.

    And as stated earlier Valmiki vwho wrote Ramayana was a Tamil Siddha and he wrote a Tamil poem.

    The Vaasi Yoga of Tamils preceded Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.

    However the concept that the Pranav’s Veda is perfect and others are not so seems to be without basis.

    I had written in detail about thePranava Veda being imparted by Lord Subrahmanya to Shiva at Swamimalai,Tamil Nadu.

    On perusal of available material on the net ,Pranava Veda seems to concentrate more on Cosmology.

    The importance of OM and Light is stressed along with principles of Cosmos.

    There are also points of reference to Realisation,though not in vivid detail as found in the Vedas.

    That Aindhiram is the source for this text is hard to digest.

    Records available indicate that it is a book on Grammar and not a Scriptural text.

    And the Texts quoted from Pranav’s Veda seem to be more on Vaasthu,that is rules of architecture.

    The Pranava Veda texts also speak of Temple construction.

    Vedas do not speak of Temple Worship nor do they mention public Worship.

    Iswara Pranidhana concept was introduced by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras.

    Prior to this individual deity worship is not found in Smritis.

    However one of the oldest temples in India ,Thiruvellarai was built by King Sibi,a Chola.

    He was the ancestor of Lord Rama and he had his second capital in what is now the NWFP of Pakistan.

    The concept of Building temple originated during the Period of Agama composition.

    Agama lays down rules for Temple construction and these are followed even today.

    Please refer my articles on Agama for details.

    The Agama System was after Sage Viswamitra.

    Sage Viswamitra banished his sons to Dravida Desa,for disobeying and questioning him .

    (Please refer my articles on this and other points mentioned in this article for details.

    I am providing a couple of links and more can be found in this site.)

    They found Tamil cultures to be quite advanced and their descendent Apasthamba formed the Apasthamba Sutra for The Four Vedas.

    This is followed till today by those living south of the Vindhya Mountains.

    Apasthamba also wrote Treatises on way of Living,called Gruhya Sutras.

    There he incorporated the non Vedic Concept of Thirumangalyam for women in marriage.

    Vedic marriage is complete when Sapthapathi is completed.

    No Maangalya Dhaarana is mentioned.

    So the best practices of Sanatana Dharma and Tamils, in the opinion of Apasthamba, were incorporated in Apasthamba Sutras.

    Hence there was a free flow of thoughts between Vedic and Tamil people.

    And there is no proprietary right over Vedas for Brahmins.

    Those who write on Pranava Veda speak of Pranava Veda as one that belongs to Viswamitra and People belonging to the Viswakarma community need not follow other Vedas and Pranava Veda is mainly addressed to Viswakarmas.

    Nothing can be farther from Truth.

    There is also a mention of names of Asuras and their characters were misinformation.

    This is also incorrect.

    Based on available resources it appears to me , that,

    Pranava Veda is Scripture ,

    It speaks of Pranava,OM and cosmology in detail as compared to Vedas,

    Siddha concepts are found in Pranava Veda,

    It deals more with Vaasthu and Sculpture and Architecture,

    It is in Tamil,

    It is not Aindhiram,

    Mamuni Mayon could have complied it,

    It is not Veda as is understood now in that it does not have enough material to call it as such

    And the origin of finding the manuscript from Saraswati Mahal is not backed up by facts,like where the the man who found them lived and how the texts are interpreted,other than some foundations repeating the same fact and references in Theosophy.

    I am yet to see Tamil Text of Pranava Veda.

    More research is needed to arrive at a firm objective conclusion.

    Will write more on Pranava Veda,It’s concepts,Mayasura,Mamuni Mayon,Mayan and Tamil civilisation,though I have written on the last mentioned.

    However,as per Russian Tradition there are Nine Vedas and only four were released to Bharathavarsha.

    The Rig Veda was composed in the Arctic.

    Krishn’a son Pradhyumna built a city in Por Baijn, Sibria,

    River Volga was the cradle of Vedic civilization

    Russia was called Rishi Varsha and also as Sthree Varsha, a country ruled by women,

    It belonged to Ila Varsha od Indian Puranas,

    Lake Baikal was Vaikanasa Theertha,

    Indra’s Amravathi was Arkaim,

    Swasthik Rig Vedic Mandala city was built in Russia.

    https://ramanan50-wordpress-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/ramanan50.wordpress.com/2015/09/26/vedas-as-peruns-vedas-santees-in-russia/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Framanan50.wordpress.com%2F2015%2F09%2F26%2Fvedas-as-peruns-vedas-santees-in-russia%2F

    Pranava Veda.

    What we see above is called the “Five fold Veda.” This is the “source” Veda that presents the scientific manifestation process (Pranava Veda) and the four products of that manifestation (poetry, music, dance, and architecture).

    All of these “forms” (poetry, music, dance, architecture) are generated from the Unmanifest Space or Brahmam based on SPACE, TIME, SOUND and LIGHT which give rise to all aural and visual forms in the manifest world. In this science and technology, each of these manifest forms of paravastu or Vastu are governed by a common grammar of Kaala manaa (time units) called Taala maana.The dominant and all pervasive element in the creation of these forms is the concept and process of the unmanifest becoming manifest by its own creative nature.

    Based upon this theory of manifestation, and to signify the Five Fold Veda, the Shilpis have created a form with five heads. This form is called Vishwakarman. It represents the five Vedas, that is the Pranava Veda which is the instruction manual for how the Unmanifest (Vastu) turns Itself into Manifest creation (Vaastu) and the four products of that manifestation (poetry, music, dance and architecture).

    https://viswakarmasuvarnakar.jimdo.com/pranava-vedam/

    Pranava Veda, Theosophy angle.

    This material is provided by Dr. Guy Pettitt; below this table of contents is his introductory letter on this rare resource.

    The following links open .pdf files (usewww.adobe.com for the reader)

    With any problems, please contact the webmaster, vicktorya, at vsk @ makara . us (remove spaces)

    www.makara.us/05ref/01books/pranavavada/pv_toc.htm

    Lemuria 300 Million Years Old

    https://ramanisblog.in/2015/01/29/the-fifth-veda-pranava-veda/

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamuni_Mayan

    https://m.facebook.com/AUM.Vastu/posts/819583718074409

  • Avani Avittam Upakarma Dates Why Change of Dates Details.

    Avani Avittam Upakarma Dates Why Change of Dates Details.

    There is confusion regarding the date/date for performing Upakarma,called Avani Avittam .

    It is one of the major festivals for Brahmins,though all the three varnas,Brahmana,Kshatriya and Vaisyas must perform.

    It is natural for us to get confused about Hindu Festivals,as ,I might add,to my regret,we are familiar with only English Calendar and not our calendar/s.

    Hindu calendar follows both Surya Maanasa and Chandra Maanasa,that is Time calculated on the basis of Sun and Moon.

    The Gregorian Calendar Calendar underwent a lot of changes,including changing the calendar on the whims of a Ruler(Julius Caesar).

    It would be of interest to note that Britain was following Our Hindu Calender!

    Now to Upakarma,Avani Avittam dates.

    The Yajur Upakarma is to be celebrated on 6th September 2017,as the earlier day happens to be day when Grahana,Eclipse takes place.

    Rig Upakarma August 28th,(Aadi12th),

    Sama Upakarma,August 25th( Avani 9th),

    This decision has been announced by Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt.
    Generally,the Rig Vedis,Yajur and Samavedis perform on different days.

    Details are given towards the close of this article.

    Rigvedis generally follow Suryamaanasa and hence give importance to Nakshatra,in this case,Sravana Nakshatra.

    Yajurvedis generally follow Chandra Maanasa,therefore they give importance to Thithi,the waxing and waning of the Moon.

    So they perform Upakarma,Avavi Avittam on the Full Moon Day,Pournami.

    However,one must remeber that by tradition,Upakarma is not performed if Grahana occurs on the Upakarma Day.

    Next Nakshatra or next same Thithi is declared to be auspicious for performing Upakarma.

    One may observe that Upakarma is basically equivalent to the beginning of Academic Year,that’s all.

    That it should not be performed on Grahana day is something I do not find any Smriti mentioning it.

    Readers may send information.

    Smritis declare that any new endeavor or Auspicious activity undertaken on Grahana day would be successful and Mantras chanted during Grahana(Eclipse) would yield thousand fold result.

    So this practice of changing days on account of Grahana seems not sound,barring the tradition.

    For details on Vedic Syllabus and Upakarma.

    Normally the child is sent for learning at the age of Five after Yagnayopaveeda ceremony to the teacher where the child stays and learns.

    The period of study:

    Nine years, called Adhama, not very auspicious,

    Twelve Years,Madhyaman, Acceptable,

    Eighteen Years,Uthamam, The best.

    There were also people who were doing the Adyayana, or the learning of the Vedas, for thirty-six years or through out their Life.

    One can remain a Brahmachari, without marrying through out Life learning the Vedas.

    There were Two Terms in a year.

    The First Term is called ‘Upakarma‘ Months.

    The Second Term is for Seven moths called ‘Uthsarjanam or ‘Uthsargam’

    One is reminded of Upakarma.

    This is when the Upakarma term begins.

    For Rig Vedis,Upakarma falls on the Sravana Nakshatra during th Sravan Month.

    This period is between the Amavasya of Adi and Avani.

    For Yajur Vedis. the Upakarma falls on the Full Moon , Poornima of Sravana month.

    During the Mahabharata battle Lord Krishna artificially created an Eclipse to ensure the ‘Ritual Killing of  a Prince(Arjuna’s son, Aravan)

    The Rig Vedis and the Yajur Vedis were performing the Upakarma on the Poornima Day..

    This resulted in the change of days  in Thithis, the waxing and waning of the moon.

    The next Nakshatra is Avitta.

    So, the Upakarma was performed  in Avitta  with Poornima by the Yajur Vedis.

    But Rig Vedis  stick to Sravana nakshtra.

    Sama Vedis perform this Upakarma in the Pathrapad(Purattasi) in Hastha Nakshatra.

    Mostly this falls on Ganesh Chaturthi day.

    The Veda  teaching begins on the Upakarma Day.

    Students will be taught Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads,

    This shall continue till Pushya Monh, ‘Thai’ in Tamil.

    The Term will end here by performing ‘Uthsarjan karma’

    This will be performed on the Poornma or the Rohini Nakshatra that occurs before this Poornima.

    Rig Vedis and Yajur Vedis follow this.

    Sama Vedis end the term in Maaka Month Ppornima.

    Uthsarjanam means’ leaving out’

    The term ends here.

    Next term begins from the Upakarma Day.

    Here the Vedangas,the other Sciences will be taught, Astrology,Astronomy,Linguistics, etc,

    Veda will not be taught in this period.’

    https://ramanisblog.in/2013/08/06/yajur-upakarma-avani-avittam-vedic-course-details/

    What is Shukla Yajur Veda Shukla Yajur Upakarma Mantras

    Why this difference?

    Sage Yajnyavalkya was studying under a Guru ,Vaisampayana.

    The Gurus, including Vaisampayana used meet regularly.

    On one such occasion, Vaisampayan was indisposed and could not attend the meet.

    Therefore, he nominated one of his Sishyas,(pupil )to attend the meeting.

    Miffed at not being chosen to represent the Guru at the meet, Yajnyavalkya…

  • Ten Families Compiled Rig Veda Details Apri Suktha

    Ten Families Compiled Rig Veda Details Apri Suktha

    Vedas,the sacred texts of Hindus,were not written down ,nor are they attributed to any single author.

    Veda means ‘ to know’

    These were grasped from Ether by the Realized Souls,Rishis.

    So the Vedas were not composed, but compiled by different Rishis.

    Of the four Vedas,Rig,Yajur,Sama and Atharva,the Rig Veda was compiled by Ten Families.

    They compiled the Apri Sukthas,the Hymns used in propitiating Deities before a Yagnya.

    Details.

    Of the ten Aprisuktas mentioned in Gargya Narayana’s commentary, I.13 and I.142 both invoke the Narāśaṁsa and Tanūnapāt manifestations of Agni, I.188, III.4, IX.5 and X.110 invoke only the Tanūnapāt manifestation and II.3, V.5, VII.2 and X.70 invoke only the Narāśaṁsa manifestation.

    Reference and citation.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apris

    Āprīsūkta Ṛṣi Gotra
    1.13 Medhātithi Kāṇva Kāṇva
    1.142 Dīrghatamā Aucathya Āngirasa
    1.188 Agastya MaitrāvaruṇI Agastya
    2.3 Gṛtsamada Śaunahotra Śaunaka
    3.4 Viśvāmitra Gāthina Kauśika
    5.5 Vasuśruta Ātreya Ātreya
    7.2 Vasiṣṭha MaitrāvaruṇI Vāsiṣṭha
    9.5 Asita or Devala Kāśypa Kāśypa
    10.70 Sumitra Vādhryaśva Bharata
    10.110 Rāma Jāmadagnya or Jamadagni Bhārgava
  • Rig Veda 11,000 Years Old. Sarasvati River Research Satellite Images Dhola Vira Site

    Rig Veda 11,000 Years Old. Sarasvati River Research Satellite Images Dhola Vira Site

    The findings by Remote SensingAgency,Hyderabad,India,Computer simulation of Indian coast line and by National Institute of Oceanography,India, studied together make a startling revelation.

    The Vedas,contrary to what is being informed,is, are at least 10,000 years old.

    It is found,by simulation of flood in India,by Dr.Milne of Durham University that the land mass off the coast of Cambay,Gujarat,India,might be between 9000 and 12,000 years old.

    To understand this better one should know that the date of Indus Valley civilization,must be dated back fom the present,500o years ago concept ,which was based on the debunked Aryan Invasion theory..

    (I have written on the Fraud called Aryan Invasion.Shall be writing more on this.)

    The civilization was so advanced that it could be dated back in time.

    The answer lies in Dhola Vira,Rann of Kutch,Gujarat,India.

    Dhola Vira is dated, at least, about 4,500 years ago,according to Archeologist Sri. Bisht

    The well deveoped structures and advanced water storing wells indicate a civilization which has been there for quite sometime.

    The answer lies in the river Saraswathi.

    River Sarasvati.image
    Sarasvati River,India,Satellite Image.

    According to Sri. Gupta, Remote Sensing Agency,Hyderabad,India,the Saraswathi River flowed from the Himalayan Galciers through Gujarat and joined the Arabian Sea in Gujarat.


    The river was 22 km wide!

    It flowed in Parallel to River Indus( Sindhu)

    This was found from the Satellite Images.

    And based on the melting of Himalayan Glaciers,Saraswathi River had flown between 10000 and 6000 years ago.

    Saraswati River Satellite images
    Saraswati River Satellite images

    Read this research paper in Nature.

    Punjab Rivers Satelite images
    Punjab Rivers Satelite images

    ‘The lost Saraswati River mentioned in the ancient Indian tradition is postulated to have flown independently of the Indus River into the Arabian Sea, perhaps along courses of now defunct rivers such as Ghaggar, Hakra and Nara. The persistence of such a river during the Harappan Bronze Age and the Iron Age Vedic period is strongly debated. We drilled in the Great Rann of Kachchh (Kutch), an infilled gulf of the Arabian Sea, which must have received input from the Saraswati, if active. Nd and Sr isotopic measurements suggest that a distinct source may have been present before 10 ka. Later in Holocene, under a drying climate, sediments from the Thar Desert probably choked the signature of an independent Saraswati-like river. Alternatively, without excluding a Saraswati-like secondary source, the Indus and the Thar were the dominant sources throughout the post-glacial history of the GRK. Indus-derived sediment accelerated the infilling of GRK after ~6 ka when the Indus delta started to grow. Until its complete infilling few centuries ago, freshwater input from the Indus, and perhaps from the Ghaggar-Hakra-Nara, probably sustained a productive marine environment as well as navigability toward old coastal Harappan and historic towns in the region.’

    * ka), a unit of time equal to one thousand (103) years.

    The above is an abstract of conclusions in a paper in Nature.

    Author information.

      • Nitesh Khonde

      Present address: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, 266007, India

    Affiliations

    1. Department of Geology, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, 390002, India

      • Nitesh Khonde
      • , D. M. Maurya
      • & L. S. Chamyal
    2. Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380009, India

      • Sunil Kumar Singh
      • & Vinai K. Rai
    3. Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

      • Liviu Giosan
      • Source of the article wanted above.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05745-8

    ThecRig Veda,one of the earliest of the four Indian texts mentions Saraswathi repeatedly.

    • The Sarasvati is praised lavishly in the Rigveda as the best of all the rivers: e.g. in RV 2.41.16

    अम्बितमे नदीतमे देवितमे सरस्वती अपरास्तस्य इव स्मासि प्रशस्तिम् अम्ब नास्कृतिम्

    • Oh Mother Saraswati you are the greatest of mothers, greatest of rivers, greatest of goddesses. Even though we are not worthy, please grant us distinction

    Other verses of praise include RV 6.61.8-13, RV 7.96 and RV 10.17. In some hymns, the Indus river seems to be more important than the Sarasavati, especially in the Nadistuti sukta. In RV 8.26.18, the white flowing Sindhu ‘with golden wheels’ is the most conveying or attractive of the rivers.

    • RV 7.95.2. and other verses (e.g. RV 8.21.18) speak of the Sarasvati pouring “milk and ghee.” Rivers are often likened to cows in the Rigveda, for example in RV 3.33.1,
    Like two bright mother cows who lick their youngling,
    ( source of the Quote.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasvati_River

    So Rig Veda can be dated at 10,000 Years ago.

    Featured image of Dhola Vira Well. Wiki.

  • Who Are The Ancient Rishis Priests Of Rig Veda

    Vedas are earliest Literature recorded in Human History.

    This,along with the other Three Vedas,Yajur( Sukla and Krishna),Sama and Atharva forms the basic reference authority on everything related to Hinduism

    The words of the Vedas are final

    Each Veda has four parts.

    They are,

    Samhitas,

    • The Samhitas consists of hymns of praise of Gods
    • The Brahmanas are rituals and prayers to guide the priests in their duties.
    • The Aranyakas concern worship and meditation.
    • The Upanishads consist of the mystical and philosophical teachings of Hinduism.

    This corresponds to the Four Stations of Life

    Brahmacharya,the life of celibacy and studentship,Samhitas)

    Gruhastha,Married Life,( Brahmanas)

    Vanaprastha,Retired Life,when one having completed his family responsibilities meditates on the Reality of Brahman,preferably in a forest.(Aranyaka) and

    Sanyasin,the State of total renunciation,seeking answers to Life and Realizing Self( Upanishad)

    Though each stage of Life is called Asrama,Station of Tranquility is connected one aspect of  the Vedas,there is no bar in learning all the components of the Vedas,though one is advised to practice what is meant for his Station,Asrama.

    Of these Four Vedas,the Rig Veda is the oldest.

    The Vedas were compiled by Seers,called Rishis.

    The Vedas are meant to be heard and learnt.

    They were transmitted orally,never in a written form,though they were written on Palm leaves.

    These Rishis are numerous.

    Each Mantra has a Rishi.

    So there are many Rishis who complied the Vedas.

    But the earliest,first Rishis who performed the Duties of Priests are Ten.

    These Families represent the First Rishis of the Vedas.

    They are,

    1. ANgirases,
    2. BhRgus,
    3. ViSvAmitras,
    4. VasiSThas,
    5. Agastyas,
    6. KaSyapas 
    7. Atris,
    8. Kevala-ANgirases (KaNvas in the Rigveda)
    9. Kevala-BhRgus (GRtsamadas in the Rigveda).
    10.  Bharatas.*   

    * This family does not figure as a separate family in later priestly traditions, which place kings who became RSis among either the ANgirases or the BhRgus.