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How Many Vedangas Are There?

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How Many Vedangas Are There? Vedangas literally mean the limbs of the Vedas. They are six in number. Just like the limbs of the body, they perform various supportive and augmenting functions in the study, preservation and protection of the Vedas and the vedic traditions. The six Vedangas are Siksha, Chhanda, Vyakarana, Nirukta, Jyotisha and

How Have The Upanishads Influenced Hinduism?

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How Have The Upanishads Influenced Hinduism? (upa=near, ni=down, shad=sit). These texts developed from the Vedic tradition, but largely reshaped Hinduism by providing believers with philosophical knowledge. The major Upanishads were largely composed between 800-200 BCE and are partly prose, partly verse. What was the influence of the Upanishads? Among the most important literature in the