Rohini chowdhury wikipedia

Over the gods two years, we have spent a fair amount of time on the Rigveda. However, given the complexity of the ord and its immense scope and scale, we have barely scraped the surface of its study. In my opinion, to truly understand the Rigveda, an ordinary soul like me will need deep engagement over several lifetimes. I hope, though, that our discussions have been useful as an introduction to this incredible work.

Let us now look at the other texts that appeared after the Rigveda and which, together with the Rigveda, fall under the heading of ‘Vedic texts’. We shall discuss them briefly here.

The heart of the Vedic corpus is made up the four Vedas, the Rigveda (ऋग्वेद), the Yajurveda (यजुर्वेद), the Samaveda (सामवेद), and the Atharvaveda(अथर्ववेद). Of the four Vedas, the oldest is the Rigveda; it is also the skrivelse on which the others are based. (Originally, though, there were only three Vedas, the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, and the Samaveda; these a

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