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Chathurveda Samhitha Chathurveda Samhitha The Chathurveda Samhitha (Sanskrit चतुवदसंिहता 2.3 Popular misconceptions about the con- Malayalam ചതുര് േവദസംഹിത) is a set of the four tents of Vedas books making up the Chatur Veda Samhita, a compila- tion of all four Veda Mantras with many detailed studies 1. Vedas are written by Humans (Rishis), not of divine in Malayalam.[1][2] origin . 2. It is commonly believed that Vedas are three in num- ber, not four. Many consider only Rig Veda, Yajur 1 Etymology Veda and Sama Veda as Vedas. Atharva Veda is said to have originated recently and is not part of Chathurveda Samhitha is made of three words - Vedas.[3] “Chathur”, "Veda" and "Samhitha". “Chathur” meaning four, “Veda” meaning knowledge and “Samhitha” mean- 3. Vedas contain fearful begging by ing collection. The detailed meaning of this word is “col- cowherd/shepherds to please the fierce natural lection of Veda Mantras". forces. 4. Vedas permit meat eating.[4] 2 Vedas 5. Vedas mention about multitude of Gods. The four Vedas are Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda 2.4 About this book and Atharva Veda. They consist of hymns called Mantras which contain all knowledge in “seed” form (Bheeja The first time all four Veda Mantra Samhitas were printed roopa). They are among the oldest known works of litera- with Swara-Sthana (punctuation for pronunciation) in ture, originally passed down via the oral tradition. Many Malayalam alphabets was the magum opus work of scholars like Maharishi Dayananda Saraswati state that Narendra Bhooshan along with various studies on Vedic the Vedas originated at the beginning of this cycle of cre- subjects. ation 1.97 billion (197 crore) years before, as per Soorya The language of the Vedas is Vedic Sanskrit (mother of Sidhantha derived from Atharva Veda. all languages in the world) which uses special characters to give proper pronunciation. 2.1 General belief It is popularly believed (by scholars like Shankara) that 3 Volumes Vedas consists of four parts - The book is compiled in 4 volumes, each of 1008 pages 1. Mantras or Mantra Samhithas 2. Brahmanas 3.1 Volume 1 3. Aranyakas • Vedaadyanthangal (Beginning & ends of Vedas) 4. Upanishads • Chatur Veda Paryatanam - a journey through 4 Vedas • 2.2 Reality about Vedas Rigvedadi Bashya Bhoomika • Vedadhikara Niroopanam Vedas consists of Mantra Samhithas only, which believed • to be Apourusheya (Sanskrit अपौषेय) - not of human ori- Vaidika Swara Shaashtram gin but divine creation. Brahmanas and Aranyakas are • Vaidika Yagaswaroopam basically the same and Upanishads are written by sages (ancient scholars) as interpretation of Vedas. • Vaidika Vangmayathinte Rooparekha 1 2 4 REFERENCES 3.2 Volume 2 • Rigvedapadanam • Rigveda Samhita (Devanagari lipi with Swaras marked & Malayalam script) • Rishi, Devata, Chandhass, Swaraanukramanika in Rigveda • Mantraanukramanika • Devata concepts in Rigveda - a study 3.3 Volume 3 • Yajurvedapadanam • Yajurveda Samhita (Devanagari lipi with Swaras marked & Malayalam script) • Rishi, Devata, Chandhass, Swaraanukramanika in Yajurveda • Devata concepts in Yajurveda • Samavedapadanam • Samaveda Samhita (Devanagari lipi with Swaras marked & Malayalam script) • Rishi, Devata, Chandhass, Swaraanukramanika in Samaveda • Devata concepts in Samaveda 3.4 Volume 4 • Atharvavedapadanam • Atharvaveda Samhita (Devanagari lipi with Swaras marked & Malayalam script) • Rishi, Devata, Chandhass, Swaraanukramanika in Atharvaveda • Selected Sooktas with meaning • Mantraanukramanika 4 References [1] Narendra Bhooshan. “Vijay Kumar (Jeddah, 14, Saudi Arabia)'s review of Chatur Veda Samhita”. Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2013-05-03. [2] "ചതുര് വേദസംഹിത,chathurvedasamhitha Mathrubhumi || books”. Buy.mathrubhumi.com. Retrieved 2013-05-03. [3] “Misconceptions on Vedas”. VedicGranth.Org. Retrieved 2013-09-05. [4] “Misconceptions on Vedas”. Satyavidya.org. Retrieved 2013-09-05. 3 5 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses 5.1 Text • Chathurveda Samhitha Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chathurveda_Samhitha?oldid=720778702 Contributors: Deb, Welsh, Tachs, Derek R Bullamore, Lfstevens, Vkbmenon, Arjayay, Yobot, AnomieBOT, GoingBatty, JanetteDoe, BG19bot, Khazar2, Benfold and Anonymous: 1 5.2 Images • File:Ambox_important.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg License: Public do- main Contributors: Own work, based off of Image:Ambox scales.svg Original artist: Dsmurat (talk · contribs) • File:Question_book-new.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Question_book-new.svg License: Cc-by-sa-3.0 Contributors: Created from scratch in Adobe Illustrator. Based on Image:Question book.png created by User:Equazcion Original artist: Tkgd2007 5.3 Content license • Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0.
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