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Basics The of Hinduism Patel Style Introduction to Siddhartha Academic English IV The Vedas Massive holy book of Hinduism Written in Vedic, an ancient form of Sanskrit Collection of four different books Rig Veda Most important Veda Collection of 1,017 hymns, arranged in 10 sections Sama Veda Mostly a collection of hymns taken from the Rig Veda. The difference is that the Sama Veda is notated with with...

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Basics The of Hinduism Patel Style Introduction to Siddhartha Academic English IV The Vedas Massive holy book of Hinduism Written in Vedic, an ancient form of Sanskrit Collection of four different books Rig Veda Most important Veda Collection of 1,017 hymns, arranged in 10 sections Sama Veda Mostly a collection of hymns taken from the Rig Veda. The difference is that the Sama Veda is notated with with melodies so that rather than chanting these hymns, one can sing them Yajur Veda Yajur Veda hymns are used specifically for certain types of sacrifices, just not for singing and chanting Atharva Veda The most practical of all the Vedas It contains hymns for a variety of useful purposes including regulating weather and curing diseases The Upanishads Philosophical portion of the Veda, written as prose rather than in the form of hymns Although there are 108 of them, 11 are the most impo...

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