The Vedanga (IAST vedāṅga, "member of the Veda") are six auxiliary disciplines for the understanding and tradition of the Vedas. Shiksha (śikṣā): phonetics and phonology (sandhi) Chandas (Including:

• Vedanga - Literature

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Vedanga: (Sanskrit) "Veda-limb." Six branches of post-

Vedic studies revered as auxiliary to the Vedas. Four

Vedangas govern correct chanting of the Vedas: 1)

Shiksha (phonetics), 2) �handas (meter), 3) Nirukta

(etymology), 4) Vyakarana (grammar). The two other

Vedangas are 5) Jyotisha Vedanga (astronomy-astrology)

and 6) Kalpa Vedanga (procedural canon) which includes

the Shrauta and Shulba Shastras (ritual codes), Dharma

Shastras (social law) and Grihya Shastras (domestic

codes).

See: Kalpa Vedanga, Vedas, and individual entries

for named texts.

(See also: Vedanga, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Vedanga: (Sanskrit) "Veda-limb." Six branches of post- Vedic studies revered as auxiliary to the Vedas.

Four Vedangas govern correct chanting of the Vedas:

1)    Shiksha (phonetics),

2)    �handas (meter),

3)    Nirukta (etymology),

4)    Vyakarana (grammar). The two other Vedangas are

5)    )Jyotisha Vedanga (astronomy-astrology) and

6)    Kalpa Vedanga (procedural canon) which includes the Shrauta and Shulba Shastras (ritual codes), Dharma Shastras (social law) and Grihya Shastras (domestic codes).

See: Kalpa Vedanga, Vedas, and individual entries for named texts.

(See also: Vedanga, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

The Vedangas: There are six Angas or explanatory limbs, to the Vedas: the Siksha and Vyakarana of Panini, the Chhandas of Pingalacharya, the Nirukta of Yaska, the Jyotisha of Garga, and the Kalpas (Srauta, Grihya, Dharma and Sulba) belonging to the authorship of various Rishis.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

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Kalpa is one of the six disciplines of Vedanga, treating ritual. See also. Kalpa Sutras Kalpa Sutras Kalpa - Reference. Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0500510881) by Anna Dhallapiccola ...

Including:

• Kalpa - Reference

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The verses of the Vedas have a variety of different meters. They are divided by number of padas in a verse, and by the number of syllables in a pada. Chandas, the study of Vedic meter, is one of the six Vedanga disciplines. jágatī: 4 padas of 12 syllables » Vedic meter: Encyclopedia - Vedic meter

Jyotisha (jyotiṣa, in Hindi Jyotish) is the Hindu system of astrology, one of the six disciplines of Vedanga. The Sanskrit word derives from jyótis which means "light, brightness", but in the plural also "the heavenly bodies, planets and stars". Jyotisha t ...

Including:

• Jyotisha - Foundations
• Jyotisha - Hindu and Western astrologies
• Jyotisha - Fundamentals of Jyotisha
• Jyotisha - Partial Bibliography
• Jyotisha - See Also

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Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa, one of the six Vedanga disciplines) begins in late Vedic India, and culminates in the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini (ca. 5th century BC). Sanskrit grammarians - Panini's school. Panini's work had a phenomenal success, and later Sanskrit grammarians were essentially reduced to the role of his commentators, and ...

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• Sanskrit grammarians - Panini's school
• Sanskrit grammarians - Early Accounts
• Sanskrit grammarians - Beginning of Western scholarship
• Sanskrit grammarians - 19th century
• Sanskrit grammarians - Modern period

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Nirukta is one of the six Vedanga disciplines of Hinduism, treating etymology. Nirukta sutras consist of glossaries of difficult or rare Vedic words. One important work on Nirukta relates to Yaska, an ancient Sanskrit scholar and grammarian, believed to have flourished as early as in 800-700 BCE, according to one school and as late as 300 BCE according to other. Yaska's Nirukta (etymology) consists of three parts, viz.: (i) Naighantuka, a collection of synonyms; (ii) Naigama, a collection of words peculiar to the Vedas, and (iii) Daivata< ...

Including:

• Nirukta - External link

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Shiksha (IAST śikṣā) is one of the six Vedangas, treating the traditional Hindu science of phonetics and phonology of Sanskrit. Its aim is the teaching of the correct pronunciation of the Vedic hymns and mantras. The oldest phonetics textbooks are the Pratishakyas, describing pronunciation, intonation of Sanskrit, as well as the Sanskrit rules of sandhi. All Samhitas have their a

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The Taittiriya Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" Upanishads commented upon by Shankara. It is a Mukhya Upanishad, associated with the Taittiriya school of the Black Yajurveda. It figures as number 7 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. It is divided into three sections called Vallis. the Siksa Valli, the Brahmananda Valli and the Bhrgu Valli. The Siksa Valli is the first of the six Vedangas ("limbs" or auxiliaries of the Vedas), concerned with phonetics and pronunciation. The other t

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List of sutras - Pali sutras. Digha Nikaya: 34 sutras, including Brahmajala Sutta, a critique of 64 'wrong views' current at the time of the Buddha Mahaparinibbana Sutta, the last days of the Buddha, Theravada version Majjhima Nikaya: 152 sutras, including Anapanasati Sutta, a discourse on the method of being mindful of the breath Satipathana Sutta Samyutta Nikaya: 2,889 sutras, including Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, the ...

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List of sutras, List of sutras - Sutras primarily associated with Hinduism, List of sutras - Vedanga, List of sutras - Vedanta, List of sutras - Hindu philosophy, List of sutras - Sutras primarily associated with Buddhism, List of sutras - Pali sutras, List of sutras - Mahayana sutras, List of sutras - Vajrayana sutras, List of sutras - Other Sutras

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Jyotisha Vedanga: (Sanskrit) "Veda-limb of celestial science (astronomy-astrology)."

Ancient texts giving knowledge of astronomy and astrology, for understanding the cosmos and determining proper timing for Vedic rites. (Jyoti means light [of the sun, fire, etc.])

See: jyotisha, Vedanga.

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Sanskrit - Grammatical tradition. Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa, one of the six Vedanga disciplines) begins in late Vedic India, and culminates in the Aṣṭādhyāyī of See also:

Sanskrit, Sanskrit - History, Sanskrit - Vedic Sanskrit, Sanskrit - Classical Sanskrit, Sanskrit - European Scholarship, Sanskrit - Phonology and writing system, Sanskrit - Vowels, Sanskrit - Consonants, Sanskrit - Phonology, Sanskrit - Pitch, Sanskrit - Sandhi, Sanskrit - Script, Sanskrit - Grammar, Sanskrit - Grammatical tradition, Sanskrit - Verbs, Sanskrit - Verbs: Conjugation, Sanskrit - Nominal inflection, Sanskrit - Personal Pronouns and Determiners, Sanskrit - Compounds, Sanskrit - Syntax, Sanskrit - Numerals, Sanskrit - Influence, Sanskrit - Modern-day India, Sanskrit - Interactions with Sino-Tibetan languages, Sanskrit - Western vogue for Sanskrit, Sanskrit - Computational linguistics

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Sanskrit - Grammatical tradition. Main article: Sanskrit grammarians Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa, one of the six Vedanga disciplines) begins in late Vedic India, and culminates in the See also:

Sanskrit, Sanskrit - History, Sanskrit - Vedic Sanskrit, Sanskrit - Classical Sanskrit, Sanskrit - European Scholarship, Sanskrit - Phonology and writing system, Sanskrit - Vowels, Sanskrit - Consonants, Sanskrit - Phonology, Sanskrit - Pitch, Sanskrit - Script, Sanskrit - Grammar, Sanskrit - Grammatical tradition, Sanskrit - Verbs, Sanskrit - Verbs: Conjugation, Sanskrit - Nominal inflection, Sanskrit - Personal Pronouns and Determiners, Sanskrit - Compounds, Sanskrit - Syntax, Sanskrit - Numerals, Sanskrit - Influence, Sanskrit - Modern-day India, Sanskrit - Interactions with Sino-Tibetan languages, Sanskrit - Western vogue for Sanskrit, Sanskrit - Computational linguistics

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Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad Gītā Ramayana Puranas (List) Tantras Sutras (List) Stotras See also:

List of sutras, List of sutras - Sutras primarily associated with Hinduism, List of sutras - Vedanga, List of sutras - Vedanta, List of sutras - Hindu philosophy, List of sutras - Sutras primarily associated with Buddhism, List of sutras - Pali sutras, List of sutras - Mahayana sutras, List of sutras - Vajrayana sutras, List of sutras - Other Sutras

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The origins of trigonometry trace to the cultures of the ancient Egyptian, Babylonian and Indus Valley civilizations, over 4000-5000 years ago. Indian mathematicians were the pioneers of variable computations algebra for use in astronomical calculations along with trigonometry. Lagadha is the only known mathematician to have used geometry and trigonometry for astronomy in his book Vedanga Jyotisha, much of whose works were destroyed by foreign invaders of India. Greek mathematician Hipparchus circa 150 BC compiled a trigonometric table for solving triangles. Another Greek mathematician, Ptolemy circa 100 CE ...

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Trigonometry, Trigonometry - Early history, Trigonometry - Trigonometry today, Trigonometry - About trigonometry, Trigonometry - Externel links

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In the dharmashastras the study of the Vedas was regarded as a religious duty of the three upper varnas (Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas). Women and Shudras were neither required nor allowed to study the Veda (this came to happen only in the very Later Vedic or the Sutra Age, because numerous evidences suggest that all humans were equally allowed to study the Vedas, and many Vedic "authors" were women). Elaborate methods for preserving the text (by learning them by heart and not by writing), subsidiary disciplines (Vedanga), exegetical literature, etc., were developed in the Vedic schools. In the fourteenth century Sayana wrote famous c ...

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Vedas, Vedas - Organization, Vedas - Position and compilation, Vedas - Study, Vedas - Religious views: Monism Monotheism Henotheism and Polytheism, Vedas - Cosmogony

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The origins of trigonometry trace to the cultures of the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians and Indus Valley civilizations, over 3000 years ago. Indian mathematicians were the pioneers of variable computations algebra for use in astronomical calculations along with trigonometry. Lagadha is the only known mathematician to have used geometry and trigonometry for astronomy in his book Vedanga Jyotisha, much of whose works were destroyed by foreign invaders of India. Greek mathematician Hipparchus circa 150 BC compiled a trigonometric table for solving triangles. Another Greek mathematician, Ptolemy circa 100 AD ...

See also:

Trigonometry, Trigonometry - Early history, Trigonometry - Trigonometry today, Trigonometry - About trigonometry

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Shiksha Vedanga: (Sanskrit) Auxiliary Vedic texts on Sanskrit phonetics, among four linguistic skills taught for mastery of the Vedas and rites of yajna. Shiksha means "wish to accomplish; learning, study method."

See: Vedanga.

(See also: Shiksha Vedanga, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)