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A Brief History of Vedas Index i A Brief History of Vedas Index Sl Particulars No 1 About the Author 2 Equivalent letters of different languages 3 About the Book 4 The Vedas: A Brief Chronicle 5 Historical Classification of the Vedas 6 Vedic Period: The Period of Śruti Post Vedic Period: Classical Period, the period 7 of Smṛiti 8 Modern Period: The period of Bhāshya 9 The Period of the Creation of Mantra 10 The Period of Compilation of Mantras 11 Āpri Sūktas 12 Brāhmanam Period 13 What is Brāhmanams 14 Śākhās and Charanas 15 Charana 16 Śākhā 17 The Samhitā Śākhās: 18 The Brāhmana Śākhās: 19 The Sūtra Śākhās: 20 Parishad: 21 Vamśa of Sāma Veda Vamśas as per the Madhukāṇḍa of Śatapatha 22 Brāhmanam Vamśas given at the end of Śatapatha 23 Brāhmanam Vamśas as per Xth Book of Śatapatha 24 Brāhmanam ii 25 Vamśas as per Khila Kāṇḍa 26 Gopatha Brāhmanam 27 Gāyatri Mantra 28 Āranyakas 29 Upanishads 30 Ṛigveda Upanishads 31 Śukla Yajurveda Upanishads 32 Krishna Yajurveda Upanishads 33 Samaveda Upanishads 34 Atharvaveda Upanishads 35 Unknown Upanishads 36 Sūtra Period 37 Prātiśākhyas 38 Ṛik Prātiśākhya by Śaunaka 39 Prātiśākhyas of Yajur Veda 40 Taittirīya Prātiśākhya 41 Maitrāyanīya Prātiśākhya 42 Vājasaneyi Prātiśākhya 43 Pratigya Pariśishṭa 44 Bhāshika Pariśishṭa 45 Prātiśākhyas of Sāma Veda 46 Atharva Veda Prātiśākhya 47 Phoneticians of Prātiśākhyas and Vyākaranas 48 Śikshā 49 General Śikshā 50 Pāninīya Śikshā 51 Śikshās of Ṛigveda 52 Svaravyanjana Śikshā 53 Samāna Śikshā 54 Śikshās of White Yajurveda 55 Yājnavalkya Śikshā 56 Vāsishṭhī Śikshā 57 Kātyāyani Śikshā 58 Parāśarī Śikshā iii 59 Gautamī Śikshā 60 Māndavī Śikshā 61 Amoghanandinī Śikshā 62 Mādhyandinī Śikshā 63 Varna ratna dīpikā Śikshā 64 Kesavī Śikshā 65 Laghvamoghanandinī Śikshā 66 Laghu Mādhyandinī Śikshā Amareśanirmita Varna Ratna Pradīpika 67 Śikshā: 68 Keśavī Śikshā (2) 69 Mallasarman Śikshā 70 Svarānkuśa Śikshā 71 Shodaśasloki Śikshā 72 Avasāna Nirnaya Śikshā 73 Svara Bhakti Lakshana Pariśishṭa Śikshā 74 Krama Sandhāna Śikshā 75 Galadṛk Śikshā 76 Prātiśākhya Pradīpa Śikshā 77 The Śikshās of Kṛishna Yajurveda 78 Chārānīya Śikshā 79 Śikshās of Tattirīya School 80 Bhāradvāja Śikshā 81 Vyāsa Śikshā 82 Śambhu Śikshā 83 Pāninīya Śikshā 84 Kauhalīya Śikshā 85 Bodāyana Śikshā 86 Vasishṭha Śikshā 87 Vālmīki Śikshā 88 Hārīta Śikshā 89 Sarvasammata Śikshā 90 Āranya Śikshā 91 Siddhānta Śikshā iv 92 Āpiśali Śikshā 93 Kālanirnaya Śikshā 94 Pāri Śikshā 95 Śikshās of Sāmaveda 96 Nārada Śikshā 97 Lomaśī Śikshā 98 Gautamī Śikshā 99 Śikshās of Atharvaveda 100 other Śikshās 101 Manasvāra Śikshā 102 Niruktas 103 Kalpa 104 Kalpa-Sūtras 105 Pariśishṭas 106 Veda Vyāsa - Kṛishna Dwaipāyana 107 Who is Veda Vyāsa? 108 List of Veda Vyāsas of Dvāpara Yugas 109 Measurement of Time and Yugas: 110 Veda Before Vyāsa - Kṛishna Dwaipāyana 111 Mahaṛishis 112 İśvaras 113 Ṛisikas 114 Bhṛigu family 115 Angiras Family 116 Kaśyapa family 117 Atri family 118 Vasishṭha family 119 Viśvāmitra family 120 Vedas classified by others 121 Veda After Vyāsa - Kṛishna Dwaipāyana 122 Charana of Ṛig Veda 123 Charana of Kṛishna Yajur Veda 124 Charana of Śukla Yajur Veda 125 Charana of Sāma Veda v 126 Charana of Atharva Veda 127 Śākhas of Ṛig Veda 128 Śākala Samhitā 129 Bāshkala Samhitā 130 Śānkhāyana Samhitā 131 Āśvalāyana Samhitā 132 Mānḍūkeya Samhitā 133 Bahvṛicha Samhitā 134 History of Yajur Veda 135 Śukla Yajur Veda 136 Life history of Yājñavalkya 137 Gārgi and Maitreyi 138 Janaka 139 Genealogy of Janaka 140 Śākhās of Śukla Yajurveda 141 Jābāla Śākhā 142 Baudheya Śākhā 143 Kānva Śākhā 144 Mādhyandina Śākhā 145 Śāpeyi Śākhā 146 Tāpanīya Śākhā 147 Kapola Śākhā 148 Paunḍravatsa Śākhā 149 Āvaṭi Śākhā 150 Paramāvaṭika Śākhā 151 Parāśara Śākhā 152 Vaineya Śākhā 153 Vaidheya Śākhā 154 Kātyāyana Śākhā 155 Vaijavāpa Śākhā 156 Uddāla Śākhā 157 Gālava Śākhā 158 Gaudheya Śākhā 159 Śāpatya Śākhā vi 160 Audheya Śākhā 161 Paunḍra Śākhā 162 Śākhās of Kṛishna Yajur Veda 163 Charaka Śākhā 164 Kaṭha Śākhā 165 Prāchya Kaṭha Śākhā 166 Āhvaraka Śākhā 167 Kapishṭhala Kaṭha Śākhā 168 Chārāyanīya Śākhā 169 Vārāyanīya Śākhā 170 Śvetāśvatara Śākhā 171 Vārtantavīya Śākhā 172 Aupamanyava Śākhā 173 Pātanḍanīya Śākhā 174 Maitrāyanīya Śākhā 175 Varāha Śākhā 176 Mānava Śākhā 177 Dundubha Śākhā 178 Chhāgaleya Śākhā 179 Hāridravīya Śākhā 180 Śyāma Śākhā 181 Śyāmāyana Śākhā 182 Taittirīya Śākhā 183 Āpastamba Śākhā 184 Aukheya Śākhā 185 Khānḍikeya Śākhā 186 Ātreya Śākhā 187 Bharadvāja Śākhā 188 Hiranyakeśin Śākhā 189 Baudhāyana Śākhā 190 Satyāśāḍha Śākhā 191 Āruni Śākhā 192 Ālambi Śākhā 193 Palaṅga Śākhā vii 194 Kamala Śākhā 195 Ṛichābha Śākhā 196 Kalāpa (or Kalāpi) Śākhā 197 Tanḍi Śākhā 198 Kauṇḍinya Śākhā 199 Tumbaru Śākhā 200 Ulapa Śākhā 201 Vaikhānasa Śākhā 202 Vādhūla Śākhā 203 Āgniveśya Śākhā 204 Aikeya Śākhā 205 Hārīta Śākhā 206 Śākhās of Sāma Veda 207 Jaiminīya Śākhā 208 Sātyamugris Śākhā 209 Kauthuma Śākhā 210 Rānāyanīya Śākhā 211 Sāṭyāyani Śākhā 212 Lāṅgali Śākhā 213 Kāleya Śākhā 214 Mahākāleya Śākhā 215 Gautama Śākhā 216 Śārdūla Śākhā 217 Bhāllavi Śākhā 218 Naigeya Śākhā 219 Śālihotra Śākhā 220 Vārshaganya Śākhā 221 Tāṇḍya Śākhā 222 Kālabavin Śākhā 223 Talavakāra Śākhā 224 Ruruki Śākhā 225 Bhāguri Śākhā 226 Durvāsa Śākhā 227 Chāndogya Śākhā viii 228 Gārgya Śākhā 229 Aupamanyava Śākhā 230 Sāvarnya Śākhā 231 Vāsurāyanīya Śākhā 232 Sārāyanīya Śākhā 233 Prāchīnayogya Śākhā 234 Āsurāyanīya Śākhā 235 Vārtantavīya Śākhā 236 Bhāruṇḍa Śākhā 237 Gaulgalavi Śākhā 238 Dārāla Śākhā 239 Brāhmanams of the Sāma Veda 240 Sāmavidhāna Brāhmanam 241 Hasti Brāhmanam 242 Ushā Brāhmanam 243 Havyan Brāhmanam 244 Ekavai Brāhmanam 245 Śākhās of Atharva Veda 246 Śaunakīya Śākhā 247 Maudāyana Śākhā 248 Paippalāda Śākhā 249 Taudāyana Śākhā 250 Jājala Śākhā 251 Chārana Vidya Śākhā 252 Jalada Śākhā 253 Brahmavada Śākhā 254 Devadarśa Śākhā 255 Upanishads of Atharva Veda 256 Position of Vyāsa in Veda(s) 257 Protection of Vedas 258 Anukrāmani 259 Prakṛiti and Vikṛiti Pāṭhas 260 Samhitā, Pada and Krama 261 Change in order of words ix 262 Ganānta or Galita or Samaya Padas 263 Pancha Sandhi 264 Ashta Vikṛitis 265 Jatā 266 Mālā 267 Krama Mālā 268 Pushpa Mālā 269 Śikhā 270 Rekhā or Lekhā 271 Dhvaja 272 Daṇḍa 273 Ratha 274 Dvichakra ratha 275 Tri chakra ratha 276 Chatush chakra Ratha 277 Ghana 278 Teaching / Learning of Veda(s) 279 Method of Teaching the Veda Secret of getting the desired results from 280 Vedic Recitation 281 Reasons for the origin of different Śākhās 282 Extinction of Vedic Śākhās 283 Propagation of Vedic Knowledge 284 Vedic Works by Sri. 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