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# अनुक्रमणिकाः || Anukramanikas

# अनुक्रमणिकाः || Anukramanikas

# वेद-उपाङ्गानि || Veda-Upangas (4)

# वेद-उपाङ्गानि || Veda-Upangas (4)

# उपवेदाः || [[Upaveda (उपवेद)|Upa-Vedas]] (4)

# उपवेदाः || [[Upavedas (उपवेदाः)|Upa-Vedas]] (4)

# पुराणानि || [[Puranas]] (18)

# पुराणानि || [[Puranas (पुराणानि)|Puranas]] (18)

# उपपुराणानि || [[Upapurana|Upa-Puranas]] (18)

# उपपुराणानि || [[Upapurana|Upa-Puranas]] (18)

Vedas are a storehouse of knowledge needed for mankind, not merely spiritual but also secular or temporal. They are not compositions made in any one particular period. They are spread over a period of time; one group separated from the other probably by centuries and handed down from one generation to the other through word of mouth. Understanding vaidika literature itself developed into many branches covering different aspects of the subject. While some have developed independently (such as Jyotisha - to explain muhurtas in vaidika kriyas), others summarize (such as Kalpa which is a manual of procedures from different vedas) and a few others are simplified (like the Puranas in story format) for easy understanding (including the Mahabharata).

Vedas are a storehouse of knowledge needed for mankind, not merely spiritual but also secular or temporal. They are not compositions made in any one particular period. They are spread over a period of time; one group separated from the other probably by centuries and handed down from one generation to the other through word of mouth. Understanding vaidika literature itself developed into many branches covering different aspects of the subject. While some have developed independently (such as Jyotisha - to explain muhurtas in vaidika kriyas), others summarize (such as Kalpa which is a manual of procedures from different vedas) and a few others are simplified (like the Puranas in story format) for easy understanding (including the Mahabharata).