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Vedic literature includes extensive volumes of texts which can be classified as the 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 subtle concepts presented in Vedas and they are grouped under Veda vaangmayam.

Vedic literature includes extensive volumes of texts which can be classified as the 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 subtle concepts presented in Vedas and they are grouped under Veda vaangmayam.

 

Understanding vedic literature itself developed into many branches covering different aspects of the subject.  While some have developed independently (such as Jyotisha to explain muhurtas in vedic rituals, Ayurveda the science of all round health) others summarize (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). They are sub classified as       

Understanding vedic literature itself developed into many branches covering different aspects of the subject.  While some have developed independently (such as Jyotisha to explain muhurtas in vedic rituals, Ayurveda the science of all round health) others summarize (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). They are sub classified as       

#  वेदाङ्गम् || Vedaangas

#  वेदाङ्गम् || Vedaangas

|<nowiki>6.कल्प || Kalpa</nowiki>

|<nowiki>6.कल्प || Kalpa</nowiki>

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

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

|}<blockquote>"छन्दः पादौ तु वेदस्य हस्तौ कल्पोऽथ उच्यते । ज्योतिषामयनं चक्षुर्निरुक्तं श्रोत्रमुच्यते ॥"</blockquote><blockquote>"शिक्षा घ्राणं तु वेदस्य मुखं व्याकरणं स्मृतम्  । तस्मात् साङ्गमधीत्यैव ब्रह्मलोके महीयते  ॥"</blockquote>In Paninineeyasiksha these six vedaangas are divided as given in the above sloka which means - "Chandas forms the feet of  the Vedapurusha, while Kalpas are the hands, Jyotisha are the eyes, Nirukta forms the ears, Siksha is the nose, while the face (speech) is formed by Vyakaranam.  Only by studying vedas (Vedapurusha) along with vedangas (different parts) will one attain the brahmaloka".

|}<blockquote>"छन्दः पादौ तु वेदस्य हस्तौ कल्पोऽथ उच्यते । ज्योतिषामयनं चक्षुर्निरुक्तं श्रोत्रमुच्यते ॥"</blockquote><blockquote>"शिक्षा घ्राणं तु वेदस्य मुखं व्याकरणं स्मृतम्  । तस्मात् साङ्गमधीत्यैव ब्रह्मलोके महीयते  ॥"</blockquote>In Paninineeyasiksha these six vedaangas are divided as given in the above sloka which means - "Chandas forms the feet of  the Vedapurusha, while Kalpas are the hands, Jyotisha are the eyes, Nirukta forms the ears, Siksha is the nose, while the face (speech) is formed by Vyakaranam.  Only by studying vedas (Vedapurusha) along with vedangas (different parts) will one attain the brahmaloka".<ref>The [http://svbf.org/journal/vol1no3/vedas.pdf Vedangas] (Organs of the Vedas) by Dr. S. Yegnasubramanian</ref>

== वेद उपाङ्गम् || Veda-Upaangas ==

== वेद उपाङ्गम् || Veda-Upaangas ==

<blockquote>"कणादेन तु संप्रक्तं शास्त्रं वैशेषिकं महत् । गौतमेन तथा न्यायं सांख्यं तु कपिलेन वै ॥"</blockquote>Meaning : The great Vaiseshika shastra has been given by Kanada, while the Nyaya shastra was elucidated by Goutama rushi, and Saankhya shastra was by Kapila rushi.

<blockquote>"कणादेन तु संप्रक्तं शास्त्रं वैशेषिकं महत् । गौतमेन तथा न्यायं सांख्यं तु कपिलेन वै ॥"</blockquote>Meaning : The great Vaiseshika shastra has been given by Kanada, while the Nyaya shastra was elucidated by Goutama rushi, and Saankhya shastra was by Kapila rushi.

== References ==

== References ==

# https://archive.org/details/puran_bhagwat

# https://archive.org/details/puran_bhagwat

# http://ignca.nic.in/vedic_heritage_Vedangas.htm

# http://ignca.nic.in/vedic_heritage_Vedangas.htm

# www.vcscsd.org/content/balabhavan/18-Puranas.pdf

# www.vcscsd.org/content/balabhavan/18-Puranas.pdf