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).
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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.
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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).
# Vedaangas
# Vedaangas
# Veda-Upangas
# Veda-Upangas
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== Veda-Upaangas ==
== Veda-Upaangas ==
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कणादेन तु संप्रक्तं शास्त्रं वैशेषिकं महत् ।
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गौतमेन तथा न्यायं सांख्यं तु कपिलेन वै ॥
* These are the six systems of Hindu philosophy which is known as Shad Darsanas. They are:
* These are the six systems of Hindu philosophy which is known as Shad Darsanas. They are: