Vedic Hinduism

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ancient Indian religion form of Hinduism religious tradition

Vedic Hinduism is the ancient form of Hindu religious practice centered on the Vedas, involving ritual sacrifice, hymns, and strict oral traditions maintained by various Vedic schools.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Vedic religion 13
Brahmanism 3
Vedic tradition 2

Statements (86)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Indian religion ⓘ
form of Hinduism ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
centralPractice Agnihotra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ashvamedha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rajasuya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sautramani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soma sacrifice NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vajapeya ⓘ
Vedic sacrifice ⓘ
animal sacrifice ⓘ
fire rituals ⓘ
recitation of hymns ⓘ
coreBelief authority of the Vedas ⓘ
developedFrom Indo-Aryan religious traditions ⓘ
Indo-Iranian religious traditions ⓘ
emphasizes correct ritual performance ⓘ
precise recitation of mantras ⓘ
sacred sound ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Vedic religion ⓘ
Vedism NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Vedic religion ⓘ
hasCoreText Atharvaveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samaveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yajurveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGoal cattle wealth ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
maintenance of cosmic order ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ
rain ⓘ
victory in battle ⓘ
hasKeyConcept brahman (sacred utterance) ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
debt to the gods ⓘ
yajña ⓘ
ṛta ⓘ
hasKeyDeity Agni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mitra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prajapati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rudra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Savitr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ushas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varuna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLaterDevelopment Bhakti Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Smarta tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRitualLanguageFeature accented recitation ⓘ
fixed oral transmission ⓘ
pitch accent ⓘ
hasRitualMedium sacrificial fire ⓘ
hasRitualSpecialist adhvaryu priest NERFINISHED ⓘ
brahman priest ⓘ
hotr priest ⓘ
udgatr priest ⓘ
hasRitualSubstance Soma plant NERFINISHED ⓘ
clarified butter (ghee) ⓘ
grains ⓘ
milk ⓘ
hasScripturalBasisIn Vedas NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSocialContext Vedic tribal society ⓘ
early varna system ⓘ
hasTextualComponent Aranyakas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brahmanas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samhitas NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Upanishads NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Mimamsa school NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vedanta schools NERFINISHED ⓘ
classical Hinduism ⓘ
maintainedBy Vedic schools ⓘ
śākhās ⓘ
originatedInRegion Northwestern Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ
practicedInRegion Indian subcontinent ⓘ
recognizedBy Hindu orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Gṛhya rituals NERFINISHED ⓘ
Śrauta tradition ⓘ
timePeriod first millennium BCE ⓘ
second millennium BCE ⓘ
transmittedBy oral tradition ⓘ
usesMeter Vedic meters ⓘ
gayatri meter NERFINISHED ⓘ
jagati meter NERFINISHED ⓘ
trishtubh meter ⓘ

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

Hindu scriptures → associatedWith → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Indo-Aryan cultural sphere → historicallyLinkedTo → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic culture
Chanakya → influencedBy → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic tradition
Kathaka Shakha → partOf → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic tradition
asha → relatedTradition → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
subject surface form: Asha
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Kasi Kingdom → religion → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Kingdom of Mithila → religion → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Shakya republic → religion → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Siamese → religion → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmanism
Hindu god Varuna → religion → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
subject surface form: Varuna
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Vayu → religion → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Loy Krathong → religiousContext → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmanism
Ashvamedha → religiousTradition → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Brahmanas → religiousTradition → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
Paippalada → religiousTradition → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmanism
Rajasuya → religiousTradition → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Sham No Varunah → religiousTradition → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Somayajna → religiousTradition → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Videha → religiousTradition → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Madhyandina Shakha → scriptureOf → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
Paippalada → scriptureOf → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic religion
Samhita → scriptureOf → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
Manusmriti → tradition → Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmanical Hinduism