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== परिचयः|| Introduction ==

== परिचयः|| Introduction ==

Transmission of texts in the Vedic period was by oral tradition, preserved with precision with the help of elaborate mnemonic techniques. Prodigious energy was expended in ensuring that these texts were transmitted from generation to generation with immaculate integrity, up until a few centuries back, when due to historical reasons like foreign invasions and colonization that resulted in the loot and digestion of our knowledge systems and wealth, led to the decline in oral recitation of the Vedas.<ref>Narayanacharya, K. S. (2011). ''Veda Sanskritiya Parichaya, Part I''. Hubli:​Sahitya Prakashana​</ref>   

Transmission of texts in the Vedic period was by oral tradition, preserved with precision with the help of elaborate mnemonic techniques. Prodigious energy was expended in ensuring that these texts were transmitted from generation to generation with immaculate integrity, up until a few centuries back, when due to various reasons like foreign invasions and colonization that resulted in the loot and digestion of our knowledge systems and wealth, led to the decline in oral recitation of the Vedas.<ref>Narayanacharya, K. S. (2011). ''Veda Sanskritiya Parichaya, Part I''. Hubli:​Sahitya Prakashana​</ref>   

== वेदपाठपद्धतिः|| Vedapaatha Paddhati ==

== वेदपाठपद्धतिः|| Vedapaatha Paddhati ==

Rishis (Vedic seers) devised means of protecting and preserving the text of Vedas letter by letter, with all their accessories and accents. Vedic mantras have स्वर || Swara (accents) which preserve its original form of word- construction.     

Rishis (Vedic seers) devised means of protecting and preserving the text of Vedas letter by letter, with all their accessories and accents. Vedic mantras have स्वर || Swara (accents) which preserve its original form of word- construction. Memorization of the sacred Vedas included up to eleven forms of recitation of the same text. These texts were subsequently "proof-read" by comparing the different recited versions. This ensured their verbatim preservation through ages of time.     

Memorization of the sacred Vedas included up to eleven forms of recitation of the same text. These texts were subsequently "proof-read" by comparing the different recited versions. This ensured their verbatim preservation through ages of time.  

Rig Veda samhita was of two divisions     

* निर्भुज संहिता || Nirbhuja Samhita : Mantras are in true form.    

==== प्रकृतिपाठः || Prakriti Pathas ====

==== प्रकृतिपाठः || Prakriti Pathas ====

==== विकृतिपाठः || Vikriti Pathas ====

==== विकृतिपाठः || Vikriti Pathas ====

There were eight ways of memorizing Vedas. These are   

There were eight ways of memorizing Vedas. These are   

# जातपाठः || Jatapatha

# जटापाठः || Jatapatha

# मालापाठः || Malapatha

# मालापाठः || Malapatha

# शिखापाठः || Shikhapatha  

# शिखापाठः || Shikhapatha