Siksha Vyakarana

The 6
Kalpa Vedangas Chandas

Jyotisha Nirukta

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The nose of the Veda Phonetics – sounds of
Purusha Siksha syllables, of
pronunciation

Important Pratishakhyas or Manuals are:

Rigveda-Pratishakhya of Rigveda
Taittiriya-Pratishakhya of Krishna Yajurveda
Vajasaneyi Pratishakhya of Shukla Yajurveda
Atharvaveda-Pratishakhya of Atharvaveda

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The mouth of the Veda Grammer- Root and
Purusha Suffix
Vyakarana

Works based on Panini's Ashtadhyayi

Varttika or critical commentary (gloss) by Vararuci

or Katyayana
Mahabhasya by Patanjali
Siddhanta-Kaumudi by Bhattoji Diksita
Rupavatram

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The feet of the Veda Prosody or Metre
Purusha
Chandas

The texts, dealing with Vedic meters, are as follows:

Rikpratishakhya
Shankhayana Shrauta-sutra
Nidana-sutra of Samaveda
Chandas-sutras of Pingala

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The ear of the Veda Nighantu or Dictionary
Purusha
Nirukta

Yaska's Nirukta has 5 lists and is divided into 3 sections

Section 1 - Vedic words under some main ideas

Section 2 - a list of ambiguous and particularly
difficult words
Section 3 - gives a classification of the deities under
the three regions; earth, sky and heaven

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The eye of the Veda Both Astronomy and
Purusha Astrology
Jyotisha

Talks about the impact of the celestial bodies like the 5

major planets- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
The Sun and the Moon
The chaya grahas called Rahu and Ketu

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 The hand of the Veda Practical application of
Purusha the Vedic Mantras
Kalpa

There are four types of the Kalpasutras:

Shrauta-sutras- dealing with Shrauta sacrifices

Grihya-sutras- dealing with the domestic ceremonies
Dharma-sutras- dealing with the religious and social laws
Shulba-sutras- dealing with the rules of measurement of
the fire-altars etc.

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