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For generations, over thousands of years, वैदिकविद्या || Vedic education was imparted to students in a गुरुशिष्य-परम्परा || guru-shishya parampara, following the traditional system of oral recitation until महर्षि-वेदव्यास's ॥ Maharshi [[Vyasa|Veda Vyasa]]’s great contribution of organizing them into a written format.

For generations, over thousands of years, वैदिकविद्या || Vedic education was imparted to students in a गुरुशिष्य-परम्परा || guru-shishya parampara, following the traditional system of oral recitation until महर्षि-वेदव्यास's ॥ Maharshi [[Vyasa|Veda Vyasa]]’s great contribution of organizing them into a written format.

World's ancient literature, [[Rigveda]] (ऋग्वेदः), has not undergone any change even in single syllable nor got intermixed with any later texts. Apart from ऋग्वेदः ॥ Rigveda, it has yet to be seen if any other such text exists which is so well preserved. Even [[Ramayana]] (रामायणम्), [[Mahabharata (महाभारत)|Mahabharata]] (महाभारतम्), [[Puranas (पुराणानि)|Puranas]] (पुराणानि) and other Samskrit texts are not free of syllable and content changes<ref name=":0">Shastri, Jwalanth Kumar. (2009) ''Ved aur vedarth'' Rajasthan: Sri Ghudhmal Prahladkumar Arya Dharmarth Nyasa</ref>. In the Rigvedic time, apart from ऋषि-s || Rishis, commoners existed in the society. Notably, Vedas were not common knowledge. If we understand the connection of pure lineage or गोत्रम् || Gotra, the strict disciplinary life in गुरुकुलम् || Gurukula, the commitment and austerity of the Rishis, the cryptic process and symbolism of वेदमन्त्राः ॥ Veda mantras, strict adherence to committing them to memory, system of recitation of the मन्त्राः ॥ mantras - these were all the root causes in protecting the one integral voice of  Vedas.

World's ancient literature, [[Rigveda]] (ऋग्वेदः), has not undergone any change even in single syllable nor got intermixed with any later texts. Apart from ऋग्वेदः ॥ Rigveda, it has yet to be seen if any other such text exists which is so well preserved. Even Ramayana (रामायणम्), [[Mahabharata (महाभारत)|Mahabharata]] (महाभारतम्), [[Puranas (पुराणानि)|Puranas]] (पुराणानि) and other Samskrit texts are not free of syllable and content changes<ref name=":0">Shastri, Jwalanth Kumar. (2009) ''Ved aur vedarth'' Rajasthan: Sri Ghudhmal Prahladkumar Arya Dharmarth Nyasa</ref>. In the Rigvedic time, apart from ऋषि-s || Rishis, commoners existed in the society. Notably, Vedas were not common knowledge. If we understand the connection of pure lineage or गोत्रम् || Gotra, the strict disciplinary life in गुरुकुलम् || Gurukula, the commitment and austerity of the Rishis, the cryptic process and symbolism of वेदमन्त्राः ॥ Veda mantras, strict adherence to committing them to memory, system of recitation of the मन्त्राः ॥ mantras - these were all the root causes in protecting the one integral voice of  Vedas.

== 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 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 name=":2">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 name=":2">Narayanacharya, K. S. (2011). ''Veda Sanskritiya Parichaya, Part I''. Hubli:​Sahitya Prakashana​</ref>