Arithmetic and Numbers In all the four Veda Samhitās there are several hymns dealing with numbers. The decimal system for positive integers had become popular even in those days. Rigveda Samhita The names...
Aditi or Eternal Order Aditi in the Veda represents the concept of wholeness (pūrņatva). Here she is represented as the Queen of the Eternal Order. Recall that in RV (1.89.10), she is described as...
Overview of Shukla Yajur Veda We have mentioned earlier that Yajur Veda Samhitā has two major recensions, the Krişhņa Yajur Veda (KYV) and the Shukla Yajur Veda (SYV). KYV is the older one. Traditionally the...
The transcendent ‘That’ The chapter 32 has 16 verses. Sages of the Veda realized that the Supreme Power cannot be described by the epithets involving genders like he, she etc. Hence they used...
The Supreme Puruşha The famous hymn SYV (31) gives a symbolic account of the manifestation of the universe as a release of the powers in the Supreme. The Sanskrit word for creation is sŗj, i.e.,...
Steps in Spiritual Progress Verse SYV (19.30) gives a procedure to attain the Truth beginning with self-dedication, vrata. Vrata is often translated as austerities like fasting. Correct translation is, ‘law of workings’. Every one has to act according to...
