Guest guest Posted October 11, 2001 Report Share Posted October 11, 2001 HariOm! Thank you for your question. The vedas were total 3 in the beginning i.e. Rik, Sama and Yajurveda. Even in Bhagawad Gita it is said to be only three vedas (trividyA mAM sOmapAH pootapApAH). Atharvana Veda came after long in to practice. Atharvana Veda talks mostly about worldly things. And you can find a pattern in Vedas. If you take 100 hymns in Rigveda, 75 out of them have been repeated in Samaveda, and 50 out of them repeated in Yajurveda. So Rigveda must be not only in the beginning but also the sum total of all vedas. I think Rigveda speaks about the eternal truth; Sama tries to bring Joy out of it (singing) and YAJUR veda tries to assemble the eternal truth in a logical way so that humans can cognize it through their intellects. Yours, Madhava > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: Narayanan.K.G [courtallam] > Gesendet: Thursday, October 11, 2001 4:00 PM > An: advaitin > Betreff: clarification needed > > > 11-Oct > > My question may not be relevant to the main topic in > this forum, but will appreciate if somebody can throw > some light on this. > > Is Rg Veda the oldest Veda? > > In one of his discourses, Sri B. Sundara Kumar > mentioned that the Vedas were divided into 4 by Veda > Vyasa, and prior to that, there was only a single > undivided Veda. > > He further said that, Veda mantras from Rg, Yajur and > Sama are chanted during performance of yagnas, and > since the rsis & yagnas were created simultaneously, > there is no question of one veda being in existence > for a longer period of time than another. > > When I was discussing this with another friend, he > disputed this, saying that it is said in Purusha > Sookta that Rg came first, then Yajur and Sama came > out of it. > > Would like to know if someone in the list can clear > this out. > > Hari Om > Narayanan > > ===== > Thanks and Best Regards > Narayanan.K.G. > Spansa Chennai > Tel/Fax: (44) 4925805 > Home : (44) 4925807 > Mobile : 98410-39894 > e-mail : spansa_chennai > > > > Make a great connection at Personals. > http://personals. > > ------------------------ Sponsor > ---------------------~--> > Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck > Monitoring Service trial > http://us.click./Gi0tnD/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/XUWolB/TM > ----------------------------- > -------~-> > > Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of > nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. > Advaitin List Archives available at: > http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ > To Post a message send an email to : advaitin > Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages > > > > Your use of is subject to > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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