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[[Manu (मनुः)|Manu]], the Law giver of ancient Bharatavarsha, laid down certain instructions as to how the teaching of Vedas should be conducted.

[[Manu (मनुः)|Manu]], the Law giver of ancient Bharatavarsha, laid down certain instructions as to how the teaching of Vedas should be conducted.

'''Vedanga''' (Sanskrit : वेदाङ्गम्) meaning "limbs of the Veda" are six Angas or explanatory limbs, to the Vedas : the Shiksha and Vyakarana of [[Panini]], the Chandas of [[Pingalacharya]], the Nirukta of [[Yaska]], the [[Jyotisha|Jyotish]] of [[Lagadha]] and the [[Kalpa (Vedanga)|Kalpas]] (Shrauta, Grhya, Dharma and Shulba) belonging to the authorship of various Rishis.

'''Vedanga''' (Sanskrit : वेदाङ्गम्) meaning "limbs of the Veda" are six Angas or explanatory limbs, to the Vedas : the Shiksha and Vyakarana of [[Panini]], the Chandas of [[Pingalacharya]], the Nirukta of [[Yaska]], the Jyotish of [[Lagadha]] and the Kalpas (Shrauta, Grhya, Dharma and Shulba) belonging to the authorship of various Rishis.

The Six Angas are:

The Six Angas are:

#Shiksha is a knowledge of phonetics. Shiksha deals with pronunciation and accent. The text of the Vedas are arranged in various forms or Pathas. The Pada-patha gives each word its separate form. The Krama-patha connects the word in pairs.<ref name=":022">All About HInduism, Swami Sivananda, Page 33-34</ref>

#[[Shiksha]] is a knowledge of phonetics. Shiksha deals with pronunciation and accent. The text of the Vedas are arranged in various forms or Pathas. The Pada-patha gives each word its separate form. The Krama-patha connects the word in pairs.<ref name=":022">All About HInduism, Swami Sivananda, Page 33-34</ref>

#[[Chandas]] is the knowledge of meters. This auxiliary discipline lays its focus on the metrical construction of vedic mantras and poetic meters, including those based on the number of syllables per mantra and those based on the duration of pronunciation of syllables in a mantra.

#[[Chandas]] is the knowledge of meters. This auxiliary discipline lays its focus on the metrical construction of vedic mantras and poetic meters, including those based on the number of syllables per mantra and those based on the duration of pronunciation of syllables in a mantra.

#[[Vyakarana]] is the knowledge of construction of words or grammar.  This auxiliary discipline has focused on the rules of grammar and siddhiprakriya or the process of deriving a word, so as to establish the exact form of words and sentences to properly express ideas.

#[[Vyakarana]] is the knowledge of construction of words or grammar.  This auxiliary discipline has focused on the rules of grammar and siddhiprakriya or the process of deriving a word, so as to establish the exact form of words and sentences to properly express ideas.