Title: Vedic Era
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6- Vedic Era is divided in two eras-
- Early/ Rig Vedic age (1500- 1000 B.C)
- Later Vedic age (1000 -600 BC)
- The Aryans are a semi- nomadic pastoral group of
people. - Meaning of Aryan is high born.
- Aryans are nothing but a group of language (by
MaxMuller). - Dorius used the term Aryan about himself for
the first time. - There are so many different thoughts about the
origin of the Aryans.
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8- About vedic literature
- There are four Vedas i.e Rig, Sam, Yajur and
Atharva - The meaning of the term of Veda is knowledge
per excellence - Rig veda had 1028 slokas (suktaras) and 10
volumes (Mandals) - Ayurveda is the upaveda of Rigveda.
- Sam veda (Iyrical form) gives us the concept of
Classical Music. - ItsUpaVeda is Gandharva Veda.
- Yajur veda gives up the concept of ancient
Geometry - Its upaveda is called as Dhanur veda
- Atharva veda is complied with Tantra and
indigenous medicines - Its upaveda is Shilpa veda
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9- There are four parts of each veda 1) Samhita, 2)
Brahmana, 3) Aranyaka and 4) Upanishada / Vedanta - Upanishadas dealt with philosophy
- Total number of Upanishada 108, and puranas
are 18.
- India has it two great and ancient great epics
the Mahabharata( Near about 1 lakh slokas and 18
chapters) and the Ramayana(24000 slokas and 7
kandas) - Satyameba Jayate, the national emblem of India
was taken from Mundaka Upanishada - Gayatri Mantra of Rigveda is dedicated to
Savitri - Varna the team first mentioned in the
purushsuktwa of the tenth Mandala of Rigveda.
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10- The smallest Unite of Vedic society was Kula
(family) and its head is Kulapa (kulapati) and
the largest one was Rastra lead by Rajana(the
king). - In early vedic age women enjoyed a respectable
position in society and Participated in Various
socio political gatherings - Monogamy was practiced but Polygamy was observed
in Royal families. - No evidence of child marriage.
- The oldest republican Vedic assembly was Vidatha
- Sabha Assembly of early vedic seniors.
- Samity- Asssembly of early vedic peoples. And
the largest one. - Battle of ten kings of Rigveda was fought on the
river bank of Parushni.
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11- In early vedic age the Aryan belonged to a
Pastoral and Cattle rearing culture. - Mostly mentioned river in Riveda is saraswati .
- Cotton and woolen fabrics were spun and used.
- Nishka and Mana were the early vedic currencies
- The Aryans were the worshipper of Nature in their
early phase - They learnt the use of iron and started the
agrarian works. - Some vesic terms--
- kula/ gaha- Family
- Brihi- paddy
- Godhuma- wheat
- Hala/ Sira- plough
- Gavisti- Search of cow.
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12- Krishnayas Iron
- Early vedic deities are 33.
- Indra (the god of Thunder, the king god)
- Varuna (The deity of cosmic order, the God of
water) - Agni (The god of fire)
- Aditi, Usha,Savitri, Saraswati were the Rigvedic
female deities. - Main important later vedic deities- Brahma ,
Vishnu and Shiva. - In later vedic age they had started to worship
of the idols. - Child marriage and Polygamy became a common
Phenomena in later vedic society. - The term om is used in Rigveda for 1028 tymes.
- The term ganga is used for once only in rig veda.
- Varna became a typical form of caste caste
system in later vedic society which had four
parts Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra.
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