Vedic religion — may refer to:*the historical Vedic religion Vedic Hinduism (practices dating to the Vedic period) **Vedic mythology *Shrauta, surviving conservative traditions within HinduismIn wider meanings of the term Vedic *Vedanta *Hinduism in generalee… … Wikipedia
Vedic religion — or Vedism Ancient religion of India that was contemporary with the composition of the Vedas and was the precursor of Hinduism. The religion of the Indo European speaking peoples who entered India с 1500 BCE from the region of present day Iran, it … Universalium
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Historical Vedic religion — This article discusses the historical religious practices in the Vedic time period; see Hinduism and Indian religions for details of continued religious practices. See Śrauta for the continuing practice of performance of rituals by an oral… … Wikipedia
Vedic — may refer to:* the Vedas, the oldest preserved Indo Aryan texts ** Vedic Sanskrit, the language of these texts ** Vedic period, during which these texts were produced ** the Historical Vedic religion, of which the Vedas record the liturgy **… … Wikipedia
Vedic mythology — refers to the mythological aspects of the historical Vedic religion and Vedic literature.It has directly contributed to the evolution and development of later Hinduism and Hindu mythology. The four Vedic Samhitas are part of the Hindu Śruti .… … Wikipedia
Vedic period — The Vedic Period (or Vedic Age) is the period in the history of India during which the Vedas, the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism, were being composed. Scholars place the Vedic period in the second and first millennia BCE continuing up to the 6th … Wikipedia
Vedic civilization/EB 1911 — TOC (Encyclopedia Britannica 1911, s.v. Sanskrit) [http://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=User:Tim Starling/ScanSet TIFF demo vol=24 page=ED4A170] [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/scans/EB1911 tiff/VOL24%20SAINTE… … Wikipedia
Vedic priesthood — Priests of the Vedic religion were officiants of the yajna service. As persons trained for the ritual and proficient in its practice, they were called ṛtvij ( regularly sacrificing ). As members of a social class, they were generically known as… … Wikipedia
religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… … Universalium
