− | | Prosody or science of composition of the hymns like meter, rhyme, paada etc. of the mantras | + | | Prosody or science of composition of the hymns like meter, rhyme, पाद (quarter) etc. of the mantras |
| | Science or manual of sacrificial rituals, both Vedic and domestic. | | | Science or manual of sacrificial rituals, both Vedic and domestic. |
− | <blockquote>छन्दः पादौ तु वेदस्य हस्तौ कल्पोऽथ उच्यते ।</blockquote><blockquote>ज्योतिषामयनं चक्षुर्निरुक्तं श्रोत्रमुच्यते ॥</blockquote><blockquote>शिक्षा घ्राणं तु वेदस्य मुखं व्याकरणं स्मृतम् । </blockquote><blockquote>तस्मात् साङ्गमधीत्यैव ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ॥</blockquote>In पाणिनीयशिक्षा, these six vedangas are described in the above shloka which means - "Chandas forms the feet of the Vedapurusha, while Kalpas are the hands, Jyotish is the eye, Nirukta forms the ears, Shiksha is the nose, while the face (speech) is formed by Vyakarana. Only by studying vedas (Vedapurusha) along with vedangas (different parts) will one attain the brahmaloka".<sup>[2]</sup> | + | <blockquote>छन्दः पादौ तु वेदस्य हस्तौ कल्पोऽथ उच्यते ।</blockquote><blockquote>ज्योतिषामयनं चक्षुर्निरुक्तं श्रोत्रमुच्यते ॥</blockquote><blockquote>शिक्षा घ्राणं तु वेदस्य मुखं व्याकरणं स्मृतम् । </blockquote><blockquote>तस्मात् साङ्गमधीत्यैव ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ॥</blockquote>In पाणिनीयशिक्षा, these six vedangas are described in the above shloka which means - "Chandas forms the feet of the Vedapurusha, while Kalpas are the hands, Jyotish is the eye, Nirukta forms the ears, Shiksha is the nose, while the face (speech) is formed by Vyakarana. Only by studying vedas (Vedapurusha) along with vedangas (different parts) will one attain the brahmaloka".<ref>Dr. S. Yegnasubramanian, The Vedangas (Organs of the Vedas).http://svbf.org/journal/vol1no3/vedas.pdf </ref> |