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The 36 pages that link to Vedas, each with the reason it gives.

• SanskritNarrower topic: They are among the language’s oldest and most influential textual uses.

• HinduismBroader topic: Their hymns, ritual instructions, and teachings hold enduring authority in Hindu thought.

• RigvedaNarrower topic: The Rigveda is the earliest of the four Vedas.

• UpanishadsNarrower topic: The Upanishads form the concluding portions of the Vedic corpus.

• MantraNarrower topic: They preserve some of the earliest recorded mantra traditions.

• BrahmanNarrower topic: The Upanishads, which discuss Brahman, belong to the Vedic textual tradition.

• AtmanNarrower topic: The Upanishads, which develop ideas about Atman, are traditionally part of the Vedas.

• PuranasCompared with: The Puranas are later texts with narrative and devotional forms distinct from Vedic liturgy.

• MīmāṃsāNarrower topic: Mīmāṃsā treats the Vedas as beginningless and authoritative sources of dharma.

• RevelationBroader topic: Some Hindu traditions understand the Vedas as eternal truths received by ancient seers.

• Guru Granth SahibCompared with: They provide a comparison with an ancient scriptural canon, though Sikh authority rests on a different text and tradition.

• Vedic periodNarrower topic: The Vedic period takes its name from these texts and their composition.

• AvestaCompared with: They are a neighboring Indo-Iranian scripture tradition, not part of the Avesta.

• BrahminNarrower topic: Vedic learning is a traditional source of Brahmin religious authority.

• DharmaśāstraRelated: Dharmaśāstra authors ground the authority of dharma in Vedic revelation.

• BrahmanaNarrower topic: Brahmanas form a layer of Vedic literature, attached to specific Vedic collections.

• YajnaNarrower topic: Vedic ritual draws its authority and formulas from this body of sacred texts.

• ŚrutiBroader topic: They form the core of śruti and give the category its best-known textual examples.

• Hindu reform movementsRelated: Reform movements disagreed over whether Vedic texts should govern contemporary belief and practice.

• Indian philosophyBroader topic: Their status became a key criterion in later classifications of philosophical traditions.

• VyasaBroader topic: Tradition credits Vyasa with arranging these scriptures into four collections.

• YajurvedaNarrower topic: The Yajurveda is one of the four Vedas.

• AtharvavedaNarrower topic: The Atharvaveda is one of the four Vedas.

• Purusha SuktaNarrower topic: The Rigveda belongs to this larger body of texts.

• AranyakaNarrower topic: Aranyakas belong to the later layers of Vedic literature.

• Hindu philosophyRelated: Their authority is a defining point of agreement among the orthodox schools.

• Kumārila BhaṭṭaRelated: Defending Vedic authority was central to Kumārila’s philosophical project.

• OmNarrower topic: Om is associated with Vedic recitation and appears in later explanations of sacred utterance.

• JaiminiNarrower topic: Purva Mimamsa grounds its account of ritual authority in these texts.

• BrahmanismNarrower topic: Brahmanism rests on the authority of these foundational collections.

• Historical Vedic religionNarrower topic: They preserve the hymns, formulas, and teachings through which Vedic religion is chiefly known.

• Religious textBroader topic: Their hymns and ritual materials show the antiquity and diversity of sacred writing.

• Smarta traditionNarrower topic: They anchor the Vedic authority claimed by Smarta tradition.

• Sri AurobindoRelated: Aurobindo’s interpretations of Vedic hymns shaped his account of spiritual knowledge and symbolism.

• History of HinduismBroader topic: Their composition and transmission mark a major early phase in Hindu religious development.

• VasishthaRelated: Vasishtha is associated with hymns preserved in the Rigveda.