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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 
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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











 
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