The Vedas have upavedas or secondary knowledge: Ayur-veda or science of medicine in the Rigveda, Dhanurveda or science of archery in the Yajur-veda, the Gandharvaveda or science of music in the ...

Veda Saptaham, seven-day chanting of Krishna Yajur Vedam, is on at Sanskrit College since Wednesday. As many as 80 Vedic scholars, commemorating the eightieth year of Sri Jayendra Saraswati, ...

2. The chanting takes place on Saturday evenings, around six o’clock (with a slight time change according to the time of year). It can also be chanted by the family and friends at home, or in any ...

The four main groups of Vedic texts are the Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas. Each of them has different sakhas, recensions, of which many are extinct. In Patanjali’s time, there were a total of ...

Mantra means a sound meant to connect the gods outside (deva) to the god inside (atma). Vedic people were convinced the Rishi did not craft these sounds; they ‘saw’ them in the universe and simply ...

VHP conference at Srirangam on March 13 to take important decisions. The event was organised at the Sringeri Saradha Peetam mutt branch, said Sri Swaminatha Sharma, a Vedic scholar here on Wednesday.