Of these nine, we know of only two, namely Saunaka and Paippalada branches. Of these, the Atharvaveda consisted of nine branches or sakhas, according to sage Patanjali. The word "Veda" itself means "sacred or pure knowledge", having come from the root "Vid" meaning "to know".
Moreover each of the four Vedas was a treatise on particular subjects, specific only to itself. The Vedas ARE compilations of the eternal laws governing human existence. Long before the Harappans existed, these spiritual, scientific and natural laws had been collected by numerous brilliant Rishis and compiled into several unified compositions, all of which were given the general descriptive label of "Vedas".ģ. The Vedas date MUCH further back than any Indus Valley Civilization. They are not biographies of great kings and the battles they fought with demons, nor are they mythical legends about emperors and intrigues that existed long ago.Ģ. While reading the Vedas, one must keep certain facts in mind:ġ. Not only that, but it also shows that their views are conditioned by Western outlooks and ideals, bundled with the misgivings that the Christian viewpoint displays in dealing with anything mystical and alien to their own perception of "spiritual strictures of morality" These type of views clearly demonstrate the prejudices and biased approach that Western-educated historians bring to their analysis. Apte, an Indian writer of modern times, or " There are then numerous verses in the Atharveda, which according to their character and often also in their contents, differ just as little from the magic formulas of American Indian medicine-men and Tarter Shamans." by Winternitz. Take for example such statements as "Above all the principal aim of the Atharva Veda is to appease the demons, to bless friends and to curse" by V.M.
Such exceptionally ignorant statements make it clear that sacred Hindu literature is being treated in the most demeaning and prejudiced way.
ATHARVA VEDA HYMNS MANUAL
Many historians have even gone on to say that it is nothing but "a manual of black and white magic". Of all the Vedas, none has been more maligned than the Atharva Veda. These people would have us believe that the profound heights of spiritual philosophy that are expressed in the Vedas, are nothing short of tribal superstitions upheld by a primitive people. However, according to self styled analysts like Max Mueller and thousands of Western as well as pseudo secular Indian historians, the Vedas are nothing but a bunch of ritualistic hymns connected with nothing more spiritual than charms and incantations. Over many centuries, men of supremely exalted wisdom called "Rishis" compiled these eternal spiritual and natural laws into several volumes, which are called "Vedas". We believe that the Vedas are words of divine wisdom from the eternal source of Supreme Consciousness itself. The most significant example of this type is the aberrant analysis has been applied to the greatest and most profound Hindu literature of all time, namely the Vedas.įor Hindus, the Vedas are of completely divine origin. Most recently, Western historians and Indian historians influenced by the West, have constantly portrayed it in an absolutely erroneous manner. For centuries, the history of India and in particular Hindu culture has been presented in the most distorted and falsified fashion.
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