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Post-Vedic literature includes extensive volumes of literature which can be classified as the following Auxiliary and Subsidiary Texts of the Vedas.  To clarify the Vedas and in understanding them, over a period of time, different explanatory shastras have evolved to explain the different concepts presented in Vedas.  While some have developed independently (such as Jyotisha to explain muhurtas in vedic rituals, Ayurveda the science of all round health) others summarise (such as Kalpa which is a manual of material from different vedas) and a few others are simplified (like the Puranas in story format) for easy understanding (including the Mahabharata).   

Post-Vedic literature includes extensive volumes of literature which can be classified as the following Auxiliary and Subsidiary Texts of the Vedas.  To clarify the Vedas and in understanding them, over a period of time, different explanatory shastras have evolved to explain the different concepts presented in Vedas.  While some have developed independently (such as Jyotisha to explain muhurtas in vedic rituals, Ayurveda the science of all round health) others summarise (such as Kalpa which is a manual of material from different vedas) and a few others are simplified (like the Puranas in story format) for easy understanding (including the Mahabharata).   

# Vedangaas

# Vedaangas

# Veda-Upangas  

# Veda-Upangas  

# Upa-Vedas

# Upa-Vedas

# Puranas

# Puranas

# Upa-Puranas

# Upa-Puranas

All these along with the other Parishistas make up a huge volume of literature which we can call as vaidika vaangmayam.  

All these along with the other Parishistas make up a huge volume of literature which we collectively call as vaidika vaangmayam.  

== Vedanga ==

== Vedaangas ==

* Vedangas - They are six in number namely

* Vedangas - They are six in number namely

| Science or manual of sacrificial rituals, both Vedic and domestic.

| Science or manual of sacrificial rituals, both Vedic and domestic.

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* Veda-Upangas These are the six systems of Hindu philosophy which is known as Shad Darsanas. They are:

 

== Veda-Upaangas ==

* These are the six systems of Hindu philosophy which is known as Shad Darsanas. They are:

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| colspan="6" |                                                       '''VEDA UPANGAS'''

| colspan="6" |                                                       '''VEDA UPANGAS'''

|Uttara Mimamsa or Vedanta. <br>

|Uttara Mimamsa or Vedanta. <br>

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* Upa Vedas  They are called the subsidiary Vedas. They are four in number one attached to each Veda viz.

 

== Upa Vedas  ==

* They are called the subsidiary Vedas. They are four in number one attached to each Veda viz.

{| class="wikitable"

{| class="wikitable"

| colspan="3" |                                                                     '''UPA VEDA Or Subsidiary Vedas'''

| colspan="3" |                                                                     '''UPA VEDA Or Subsidiary Vedas'''