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| 100 "... the Vedic Hymns" "The term veda means "knowledge, (sacred) lore" embraces a body of writings the origin of which is ascribed to divine revelation (shruti, literally "hearing, and which forms the foundation of the Brahmanical system of religious belief. This sacred canon is divided into three or (according to a later scheme) four coordinate collections, likewise called Veda: I) the Rig-veda, or lore of praise (or hymns (2) the Samaveda, or lore of tunes (or chants (3) the Yajurveda, or lore of prayer (or sacrificial formulas and (4) the Athar- vaveda, or lore of the Atharvans. Each of these four Vedas consists primarily of a collection (samihita) of sacred, mostly poetical, texts of a devotional nature, called mantra. This entire body of texts (and particularly the first three collections) is also frequently referred to as the trayi vidya, or threefold wisdom, of hymns (rik), tune or chant (saman), and prayer (yajus), the fourth Veda, if at all included, being in that case classed together with the Rik." -- Reference Wikipedia.org back to 100) 101 "Vishnu" "Vishnu is the All-Pervading essence of all beings, the master of and beyond the past, present and future, the creator and destroyer of all existences, one who supports, sustains and governs the Universe and originates and develops all elements within. In the Rigveda, Vishnu is mentioned 93 times. The traditional Sanskrit explanation of the name Vi˜˜u involves the root vi, meaning "to settle, to enter, or "to pervade, and a suffix nu, translating to approximately "the All- Pervading One. He has nine avatars, or 'incarnations' (which) are described as having occurred in the past, with one still to happen at the end of Kali Yuga. The Bhagavad Gita mentions their purpose as being to vanquish negative forces" -- Reference Wikipedia.org back to 101) Download 2 Mb. Share with your friends:
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