VEDAS-AN INTRODUTION
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VEDAM APOURUSHAEYAM.VEDAS ARE IMPERSONAL.ANWDHI ANANTHAM.NEITHER WITH A BEGGINING NOR END IS THIS CREATION.IT WAS THE EFFORTS OF VYASA BHAGVAN, OFTEN REFFERED AS VEDA VYASA WHO IS REFERRED ALSO AS VYAWSAWYA VISHNU ROOPAWYA VYAWSA ROOPAWYA VISHNAVAE,THAT THE CLASSIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF VEDAS WAS DONE IN TO RG,YAJUR SAMA ,&ATHARVANA ,ALSO EACH HAD SUBSECTIONS OF MANTRA ,UPANISHAD,BRAHMANA,AWRANYAKA.
ALL THESE WERE THEN CLASSIFIED INTO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO BE PROPAGATED BY DIFFERENT SAGES LIKEBAILA-VAISHAMPAWYAN ,JAIMINI,SHUMANTU,ET AL.
ORIGINALLY THERE WERE 1137 BRANCHES OF VEDAS -27 OF RIG,101 OF YAJUSH(SHUKLA-15,KRISHNA86),1000 OF SAWMA &9 OF ATHARVA VEDA.
FORTUNATELY WE HAVE 13 BRANCHES IN ALL OF THESE VEDAS.
SAWKALYA &POUSHKAL FOR RIG VEDA.
KANVA &MADYANTINA OF SHUKLA YAJUS.
TAITRAEYA,KATAKA,KAPISHTALA,MAITRAYANEEYA,OF KRISHNA YAJUS.
JAIMINYA ,GOUTAMA,RANANYA,FOR SAWMA SOUNAKA &PIPPALAWDA FOR ATHARVAVEDA.
ONCE VEDAS WERE VOLUMINOUS.THIS INCIDENCE WILL EXPLAIN -MAHARISHI BHARADHVAWJA STUDIED FOR 300 YEARS AND AT THE END INDRA APPEARED BEFORE HIM&SHOWED THREE LARGE MOUNTAINS &COMPARED HIS STUDIES WITH THREE FISTFUL &THAT TO BE STUDIED THREE MOUNTAIN FULL.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT VEDAS SHOULD BE LEARNT FROM A GURU.THERE IS ALWAYS A ORAL TRADITION.
AS FOR THE MEANING OF VEDAS BHATTA BHASKARA &VIDYARANYA APART FROM MANY HAVE WRITTEN COMMENTARIES ON VEDAS.