Dear Sriman Sadagopan, Thanks for great summary on angas and upangas of the Vedas. >>Each havethree sections : Mantra/Samhita , BrahmaNaas and Upanishads<< I thought there were four sections: Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka and Upanishad. (For example, Purusha Suktam of Krishna Yajurvedam is in the Aranyaka part). Some Upanishads (like MahanArayaNopanishad, and Taittiriya upanishad/Krishna YV) are found in the Aranyaka portion of KYV. However, Kathopanishad is not included there. Some people call the first three (without the Upanishad) as the Trai vidyA. Although some others refer to the three Vedas (Rk, Yajur and Sama) as the trai vidyA. My feeling is in the "Trai vidyA mAm sOmapAh pUtapApAh..." of the Gita, the Lord is referring to Samhita, Brahmana and Aranyaka. These alone will not lead to Moksha. dAsan K.S. tAtAchAr where the Lord says that the followers of Trai vidyA will -----Original Message----- From: Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: vsrajagopalan2003 <vsrajagopalan2003@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: SRS <Srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:24:10 -0400 Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] Vedadhyayanam > Swamins, > It is understood that Veda has to be learnt with 6 angas > namely Chands, Niruktham, Kalpam, Vyakarnam, Tharkam and Jyothisham > In this Tharkam, Vyakarnam,Jyothisham and Chandas is known to many. > But what is Kalpam and Niruktham. Where does Mimass fit in this > category. And are these 6 angas is common for all the four Vedas. > Incidentaly I am a Bharadaji and Sama Vedin- I would be glad if > any one u learned scholers enlighten a person like me- > Dasan > V.S.Rajagopalan Dear Sri Rajagopalan : I am very happy to know about your interests in learning about the VedAs . Here is a brief introduction . You will find details in http://www.sadagopan.org Please go to the section on Vedas . There are number of articles about the VedAs there . You can refer to article 9 on general overview and article 2 on Kalpa SutrAs . Now coming back to your question , There are four VedAs . Each ghave three sections : Mantra/Samhita , BrahmaNaas and Upanishads .This constitutes the body of the VedAs . Like the human body has limbs (angAs) , the Veda Purushan has limbs or angams . In your list , you had included Tarkam as an angam . It is not one of the angams . The VedAs have the following six angams or limbs : (1) Siksha : Science of Pronunciation and Phonetics; Proper articulation of the Vedic phenomes . (2) Chandas: Science of Poetic Meter ( Gayathri , UshNik , anushtup et al ) (3) VyAkaraNa : Science of Grammar ( PaaNini's AshtAdhyAyi) (4) Nirukta: Etymology and Lexicology ( Created by Yaksha) (5) JyOtisha : Science of astronomy & astrology This is considered as the eye of the Vedas since it permits one to see across murky time. (6) Kalpa : Science of Rituals and observations on Vidhi. This angam is considered as the hands of the Vedam . Siksha & Chandas deal with how to recite (speak) Veda . Nirukta & VyAkaraNa deal with the understanding of the meaning of the VedAs . Kalpa and JyOthishA deal with how to use the VedAs . There are 4 Upaangams for the 6 angams of the Four VedAs . The UpAngams are : (1)( Tarkam )or Nyaaya (2) MeemAmsa (3) Dharma Soothrams and (4) PurANams . Saanga-UpAnga ahdyayanam of the VedAs are recommended . This then is a quick introduction .VedAs are ocean like in sweep and are delightful to delve into . V.Sadagopan Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UwRTUD/UOnJAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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