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Vedas finds its earliest literary mention in the Sangam literature dated to the 5th century BCE. The Vedas were read by almost every caste in ancient Tamil Nadu. An Indian historian, archaeologist and epigraphist named Ramachandran Nagaswamy mentions that Tamil Nadu was a land of Vedas and a place where everyone knew the Vedas. [227]
J. V. Chelliah a popular Tamil scholar who translated the Ten Idylls into English states that Paṭṭiṉappālai (Commonly dated between 1st to 2nd Century CE) has mentions that Vellalars belonged to the Vysya caste, They followed the 4 Vedas, they were commonly involved in agriculture, taking care of cattle, trade and other business pursuits ...
The Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic literature, including the Vedas (c. 1500 –900 BCE), was composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation, which began in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain c. 600 BCE.
The above palm leaf manuscript pages are from Tamil Nadu India, in Grantha script, Sanskrit language. This manuscript is likely pre-17th century, but the exact year of its production is unknown. Such manuscripts were produced and preserved in Hindu temples.
[3] [4] Shah said the government is using technology to secure the knowledge in India's ancient scriptures and manuscripts in digital formats making it more accessible. [5] [6] [7] Sudhir Lal, the project director said IGNCA has been working on various aspects of this project since the center was established in 1987.
Advaita Vedanta. Prasthanatrayi (Principal Upanishads, Brahma Sutras, Bhagavad Gita)Advaita Bodha Deepika; Dŗg-Dŗśya-Viveka; Vedantasara of Sadananda; Panchadasi; Ashtavakra Gita
Orthodoxy posits the number of Alvars as ten, though there are other references that include Andal and Madhurakavi Alvar, making the number 12. [4] Andal is the only female Alvar among the 12. Together with the contemporary 63 Shaivite Nayanars, they are among the most important saints from Tamil Nadu.
The Tamil Vaishnavites, also known as Ubhaya Vedanti follow both the Sanskrit Vedas as well as the Tamil-language Tiruvaymoli, a work which devotees of Sri Vaishnavism regard as the Tamil Veda. [4] In many temples — Srirangam, for example — the chanting of the Divya Prabandham forms a major part of the daily service.