Vedas

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Hindu scripture religious text sacred text collection

The Vedas are a collection of ancient sacred texts composed in Sanskrit that form the foundational spiritual and philosophical scriptures of Hinduism.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Vedas canonical 50
Vedic literature 5
Vedic texts 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu scripture ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
sacred text collection ⓘ
associatedWith Vedic period ⓘ
surface form: Vedic religion
authorityStatus supreme scripture in Hinduism ⓘ
composedIn Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
considered authorless ⓘ
contains chants ⓘ
hymns ⓘ
incantations ⓘ
mantras ⓘ
mythological narratives ⓘ
philosophical teachings ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
ritual formulas ⓘ
cosmologyTheme creation hymns ⓘ
nature deities ⓘ
describedAs apauruṣeya ⓘ
hasPart Atharvaveda ⓘ
Rigveda ⓘ
Samaveda ⓘ
Yajurveda ⓘ
includesSectionType Brāhmaṇa ⓘ
Vedas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Saṃhitā

Upanishads ⓘ
surface form: Upaniṣad

Āraṇyaka ⓘ
influenced Hindu philosophy ⓘ
Hindu ritual practice ⓘ
Indian culture ⓘ
Upanishads ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
numberOfMainTexts 4 ⓘ
oldestLayerOf Hindu scriptures ⓘ
originatedIn South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
preservedBy Brahmin priests ⓘ
primaryDeitiesMentioned Agni ⓘ
Indra ⓘ
Soma ⓘ
Varuṇa ⓘ
recognizedBy major Hindu schools ⓘ
regardedAs Vedas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: śruti
religion Hinduism ⓘ
script Devanagari script ⓘ
surface form: Devanagari
timePeriodOfComposition second millennium BCE ⓘ
tradition Vedic tradition ⓘ
transmissionMethod oral tradition ⓘ
usedFor philosophical inquiry ⓘ
ritual worship ⓘ
sacrifice rituals ⓘ
spiritual guidance ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hinduism → hasScripture → Vedas ⓘ
Sanskrit → usedIn → Vedas ⓘ
Lotus → featuredIn → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic texts
Brahman → mentionedIn → Vedas ⓘ
Vedas → regardedAs → Vedas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: śruti
Vedas → includesSectionType → Vedas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saṃhitā
Vedanta → recognizesScripture → Vedas ⓘ
Om → mentionedIn → Vedas ⓘ
Smartism → scripturalBasis → Vedas ⓘ
Vedic period → namedAfter → Vedas ⓘ
Sri Aurobindo → wrote → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: On the Veda
Rigveda → partOf → Vedas ⓘ
Rigveda → associatedWithTradition → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śruti
Rigveda → canonicalStatus → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: śruti (revealed scripture)
Brahma → symbol → Vedas ⓘ
Brahma → depictedHolding → Vedas ⓘ
Brahma → scripturalMention → Vedas ⓘ
Yajurveda → partOf → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Four Vedas
Upanishads → partOf → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic literature
Upanishads → partOf → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śruti
Atharvaveda → partOf → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Four Vedas
Mimamsa → regardsAsAuthority → Vedas ⓘ
Mimamsa → regardsAsEternal → Vedas ⓘ
Mimamsa → regardsAsAuthorless → Vedas ⓘ
Indian philosophical texts (Darśanas) → drawOnScripture → Vedas ⓘ
Indology → studiesText → Vedas ⓘ
Vaishnavism → scripturalBasis → Vedas ⓘ
Brahmins → associatedWith → Vedas ⓘ
Arya Samaj → coreText → Vedas ⓘ
The Arctic Home in the Vedas → subject → Vedas ⓘ
The Arctic Home in the Vedas → usesEvidenceFrom → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic texts
Indian religions → hasScriptureTraditions → Vedas ⓘ
Tristubh → partOfTradition → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic poetry
Vyasa → associatedWithText → Vedas ⓘ
Brahmana → associatedWith → Vedas ⓘ
Brahmana → status → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śruti (revealed scripture) in Hindu tradition
shruti → includes → Vedas ⓘ
subject surface form: Shruti
Matsya → saves → Vedas ⓘ
Āraṇyaka → partOf → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic corpus
Āraṇyaka → associatedWith → Vedas ⓘ
Vallabhacharya → viewOnVedas → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedas are authoritative revelation
Brahmanas → partOf → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic literature
Koorathazhwan → scripturalExpertise → Vedas ⓘ
Paippalada → hasGenre → Vedas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic Samhita
Devas → describedIn → Vedas ⓘ
Dvaraka Sharada Peetham → scripturalFocus → Vedas ⓘ
Govardhan Matha, Puri → linkedToScripture → Vedas ⓘ
Udupi Krishna Matha → scripturalBasis → Vedas ⓘ
Punjabi Brahmin → religiousTextTradition → Vedas ⓘ
Prabhakara school → scripturalAuthority → Vedas ⓘ