ऋग्वेद Rgveda- Religious or Rational
I have a keen desire to read and try to understand Vedas. I had a fair opportunity to do so as well. I can call myself as a beginner for the studies of Vedas. I am presenting with my understanding of the Rig Veda which is quite debatable.
As per Wikipedia:
“The Rigveda (Sanskrit ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, a compound of ṛc "praise, verse"[1] and veda "knowledge") is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods (devas). It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts (śruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas.[2] Some of its verses are still recited as Hindu prayers, at religious functions and other occasions, putting it among the world's oldest religious texts in continued use।"
As per my understanding -Rigveda is one of the oldest pieces of highly researched scientific knowledge. It is not mere a piece of literature or religion studies. It brings us deeply researched and analysed scientific knowledge about universe by Indian sages. Indian ancient scriptures are known as आध्यात्मिक Literature. आध्यात्मिक is translated as spiritual in English.But आध्यात्मिक is compound of अध्यतम +इक,which means researched. Each of these scriptures are result of research not of spiritualism and has no religious connotation.
These hymns were passed from one generation to another through learning tradition. They were supposed to be learnt by heart, not to be written down. Some of the scholars opine that writing was considered lower in the cadre of learning in Indian traditions. In a layman’s language the Vedas were written in poetic/ hymn fashion. But to understand it deeply, they are written in highly developed phonetics.As phonetics was studied as early as 2,500 years ago in ancient India.
[1] Source विकिपीडिया
As per Wikipedia:
“The Rigveda (Sanskrit ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, a compound of ṛc "praise, verse"[1] and veda "knowledge") is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods (devas). It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts (śruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas.[2] Some of its verses are still recited as Hindu prayers, at religious functions and other occasions, putting it among the world's oldest religious texts in continued use।"
As per my understanding -Rigveda is one of the oldest pieces of highly researched scientific knowledge. It is not mere a piece of literature or religion studies. It brings us deeply researched and analysed scientific knowledge about universe by Indian sages. Indian ancient scriptures are known as आध्यात्मिक Literature. आध्यात्मिक is translated as spiritual in English.But आध्यात्मिक is compound of अध्यतम +इक,which means researched. Each of these scriptures are result of research not of spiritualism and has no religious connotation.
These hymns were passed from one generation to another through learning tradition. They were supposed to be learnt by heart, not to be written down. Some of the scholars opine that writing was considered lower in the cadre of learning in Indian traditions. In a layman’s language the Vedas were written in poetic/ hymn fashion. But to understand it deeply, they are written in highly developed phonetics.As phonetics was studied as early as 2,500 years ago in ancient India.
[1] Source विकिपीडिया
Comments
Hence do you feel that Vedic era science was superior to the science of the Mahabharat era and was the latter a legacy of the former?
As per my understanding- the epic talks about Test Tube Babies, so the pots were nothing else but the tube of modern era.
There are several such evidences.As I understand that the vocaboulary has changed, but we have hardly reached there.