Yajurveda (700-300 BC) has been dealt with in a treatise called Hindu World where it is described as the second Veda, compiled mainly from Rig-vedic hymns, but showing considerable deviation from the ...

The Sama Veda is a collection of melodies. The hymns in the Sama Veda, used as musical notes, are drawn from the Rig Veda and have no distinctive lessons of their own. As vedic scholar David Frawley ...

People refer to the Vedas rather loosely, often forgetting how old they are and the vast period over which this knowledge came together. Veda means knowledge. It refers to a vast body of literature ...

A new study challenges the long-held belief that Vedic culture was isolated to India. Research reveals a musical link between the Rig Veda and a 3,000-year-old hymn from the Mediterranean, ...

TRIPUNITHURA: Nellikkaattu Maamannu Narayanan Namboothiri, the most senior Sama Veda scholar in Kerala, turns 98 on Tuesday. Incidentally, a day before his birthday an Athirathram began at his native ...

For centuries, the Vedic civilization has been regarded as unique to India, based deeply in the subcontinent, which helped to give shape to its spiritual, philosophical, and cultural identity. The Rig ...