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The महाभारतम् ॥ Mahabharata says - <blockquote>यानीहागमशास्त्राणि याश्च काश्चित्प्रवृत्तयः। तानि वेदं पुरस्कृत्य प्रवृत्तानि यथाक्रमम्॥ (Maha. Anushasana Parva 122-4)<ref>Shrimad Mahabharata ([http://www.rsvidyapeetha.ac.in/cgi-bin/maha/out-parva.cgi Anushasana Parva]) </ref></blockquote><blockquote>yānīhāgamaśāstrāṇi yāśca kāścitpravṛttayaḥ। tāni vedaṃ puraskṛtya pravṛttāni yathākramam॥ (Maha. Anushasana Parva 122-4)</blockquote>All the आगम-s || Agamas and शास्त्र-s || shastras whichever are created and are available now have been built using the Vedas as the foundation.<ref name=":13" />

The महाभारतम् ॥ Mahabharata says - <blockquote>यानीहागमशास्त्राणि याश्च काश्चित्प्रवृत्तयः। तानि वेदं पुरस्कृत्य प्रवृत्तानि यथाक्रमम्॥ (Maha. Anushasana Parva 122-4)<ref>Shrimad Mahabharata ([http://www.rsvidyapeetha.ac.in/cgi-bin/maha/out-parva.cgi Anushasana Parva]) </ref></blockquote><blockquote>yānīhāgamaśāstrāṇi yāśca kāścitpravṛttayaḥ। tāni vedaṃ puraskṛtya pravṛttāni yathākramam॥ (Maha. Anushasana Parva 122-4)</blockquote>All the आगम-s || Agamas and शास्त्र-s || shastras whichever are created and are available now have been built using the Vedas as the foundation.<ref name=":13" />

== अधिकारः ॥ Ownership of Vedas ==

== अधिकारः ॥ Ownership of Vedas ==

The ownership of our knowledge systems are mainly in the hands of foreigners (through Indology) or Indians trained by Westerners who write our इतिहास || Itihasa (history) from the colonial standpoint, which is to maintain Western hegemony in academia and promote Western Universalism. This strategy of conquest has been in operation since the Edinburgh enlightenment (1750, as cited by Dharampal 2000) which compelled the East India Company to change its barbaric methodologies of conquest used in Europe, the Africas & Americas (Todorov 1974) to a more subtle & devious method to conquer India. The result was a complete infiltration of western false interpretation of Vedas in our knowledge networks through gross error.<ref name=":1" />

The ownership of our knowledge systems are mainly in the hands of foreigners (through Indology) or Indians trained by Westerners who write our इतिहासः || Itihasa (history) from the colonial standpoint, which is to maintain Western hegemony in academia and promote Western Universalism. This strategy of conquest has been in operation since the Edinburgh enlightenment (1750, as cited by Dharampal 2000) which compelled the East India Company to change its barbaric methodologies of conquest used in Europe, the Africas & Americas (Todorov 1974) to a more subtle & devious method to conquer India. The result was a complete infiltration of western false interpretation of Vedas in our knowledge networks through gross error.<ref name=":1" />

Vedic scholarship in India, in the true sense of the term, appears to have ceased with the great work of Maharishi Yaska, albeit with a few exceptions like Swami Dayanand, Shri Aurobindo and Shri Tulsi Ram. Swami Dayananda asserts that the commentaries of modern writers like Sayana, Skanda, Vejikaa, Mahidhara and Western Indologists are gross misinterpretations.  

Vedic scholarship in India, in the true sense of the term, appears to have ceased with the great work of महर्षिः यास्कः ॥ Maharishi Yaska, albeit with a few exceptions like Swami Dayanand, Shri Aurobindo and Shri Tulsi Ram. Swami Dayananda asserts that the commentaries of modern writers like सायणाचार्यः ॥ Sayana, स्कन्दः ॥ Skanda, Vejikaa, महीधरः ॥ Mahidhara and Western Indologists are gross misinterpretations.  

Many great Indian scholars endeavor to bring back the great Vedic tradition by translations conducted with Bharatiya perspective. Many drawbacks can be pointed out as to the lack of visibility of Indian Scholars well versed in Vedas.

Many great Indian scholars endeavor to bring back the great Vedic tradition by translations conducted with Bharatiya perspective. Many drawbacks can be pointed out as to the lack of visibility of Indian Scholars well versed in Vedas.

# Many vedic scholars are aged seniors who chose to live in distant remote areas, silently practicing their knowledge. Unable to imbibe different modern ways of life their existence has become obscure.   

# Many vedic scholars are aged seniors who chose to live in distant remote areas, silently practicing their knowledge. Unable to imbibe different modern ways of life their existence has become obscure.   

# Mental and physical connect with the modern systems is lacking owing to simple lifestyle and lack of funds to these scholars.

# Mental and physical connect with the modern systems is lacking owing to simple lifestyle and lack of funds to these scholars.

# Indian Urban society discusses or views the modern so called "Indology", with the western indoctrination, refusing to accept the fundamental theories of the Vedic scholars.

# Indian Urban society discusses or views the modern so called "Indology", with the western indoctrination, refusing to accept the fundamental theories of the Vedic scholars.

# English language given its present day glory and spread, is grossly insufficient to explain the numerous nuances of the divine language samskrit.

# English language given its present day glory and spread, is grossly insufficient to explain the numerous nuances of the divine language samskrit.

# Extensiveness of the Vedas and sufficiency of a lifetime to study and interpret them in modern sense requires expertise in both the subject and language which is difficult to achieve in a life time.  

# Extensiveness of the Vedas and sufficiency of a lifetime to study and interpret them in modern sense requires expertise in both the subject and language which is difficult to achieve in a life time.  

# Invasion of Bharatavarsha by various foreigners have brought about adjustments and alterations in the धार्मिक || dharmic lifestyle as survival tactics against the foreign rulers, which brought about a loss of the fundamental principles advocated by the scriptures.  

# Invasion of भारतवर्षः ॥ Bharatavarsha by various foreigners have brought about adjustments and alterations in the dharmic lifestyle as survival tactics against the foreign rulers, which brought about a loss of the fundamental principles advocated by the scriptures.  

# Modernization or replacement of ancient tools of work with modern instrumentation has led to loss of knowledge of such ancient systems which promote dharmic lifestyle inconveniencing the scholars and forcing many of them to adapt to such new lifestyles.

# Modernization or replacement of ancient tools of work with modern instrumentation has led to loss of knowledge of such ancient systems which promote dharmic lifestyle inconveniencing the scholars and forcing many of them to adapt to such new lifestyles.

# Present day adaptation of western ways of life has replaced the ancient lifestyle leading to a cultural loss of vedic rituals and traditions, whereby the younger generations are unwilling to study or practice the older traditions. This led to formation of only a few scholars in the later generations.

# Present day adaptation of western ways of life has replaced the ancient lifestyle leading to a cultural loss of vedic rituals and traditions, whereby the younger generations are unwilling to study or practice the older traditions. This led to formation of only a few scholars in the later generations.