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There are two historic classifications of [[Hindu]] texts: ''[[Shruti]]'' – that which is heard,<ref name="jamessruti" /> and ''[[Smriti]]'' – that which is remembered.<ref name="jamesmriti" />
The Srutis are called the [[Veda (वेद)|Vedas]]. The Hindus have received the Vedas through revelation. Vedas are considered to be ''[[Apauruseya|apauruṣeya]]'', or entirely superhuman, without any author.<ref name=":0" /> The Vedas are the foundational scriptures of the Hindus.
The Hindu texts were memorized and transmitted orally, from one generation to next, for more than a millennia before they were written down into manuscripts.<ref name="michaelwitzel68">[[Michael Witzel]], "Vedas and Upaniṣads", in: Flood, Gavin, ed. (2003), The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism, Blackwell Publishing Ltd., ISBN 1-4051-3251-5, pages 68-71</ref><ref name="graham67">William Graham (1993), Beyond the Written Word: Oral Aspects of Scripture in the History of Religion, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521448208, pages 67-77</ref>
== परिचय || Introduction ==
== परिचय || Introduction ==