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The vast vaidika vaangmaya came to include new terms which where defined in subsequent ages by maharishis. Following are the definitions of some terms associated with vedas and vaidika vaangmaya some of which were not used in the Vedas but came into being in an attempt to understand them.
The vast vaidika vaangmaya came to include new terms which where defined in subsequent ages by maharishis. Following are the definitions of some terms associated with vedas and vaidika vaangmaya some of which were not used in the Vedas but came into being in an attempt to understand them.
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=== Vaidika granthas ===
==== Shrutis ====
==== Shrutis ====
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Vedanta/Upanishad
Vedanta/Upanishad
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Karmakanda
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Jnanakanda
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=== Vedic textual classification ===
Parishistha
Parishistha
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Sutra
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Karmakanda
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=== People of Vedic times ===
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Rishi
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Jnanakanda
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People of Vedic times
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Rishi : Rig Veda gives an ancient, extraordinary definition about a rishi as follows
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Rig Veda gives an ancient, extraordinary definition about a rishi as follows
प्रत्यर्धिर्यज्ञानामश्वहयो रथानाम्। ऋषि: स यो मनुर्हितो विप्रस्य यावयत्सख: ॥ (Rig. Veda. 10.26.5)
प्रत्यर्धिर्यज्ञानामश्वहयो रथानाम्। ऋषि: स यो मनुर्हितो विप्रस्य यावयत्सख: ॥ (Rig. Veda. 10.26.5)
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Pani
Pani
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=== Vaidika Kriyas ===
Yagnam
Yagnam