"The sages are seers of the mantras, not their creators." It reinforces the Apauruṣeya nature of the Vedas, emphasizing that the Rishis did not compose the hymns but merely perceived them in deep ...

The Vedas, meaning "knowledge" in Sanskrit, are ancient texts that form the foundation of Hinduism. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit between 1500 and 500 BCE, these texts are the oldest in Hinduism and were ...

Today we think of Hinduism as an eternal religion, somehow unchanged since the days of the Vedas in the 2nd millennium BCE. Indeed, much of the marketing around the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela has presented ...

Vedas prescribe the ways and means to gain comforts and material benefits. They also guide the path of attaining salvation. Vedas are considered more than thousands of parents for jivas. Valayapettai ...

Scholars at the closing ceremony of the South India ‘Kshetriya Vedic Sammelan’ gave a call to the members of the Hindu community to learn Vedas along with modern education to excel in both the fields.

Vedic Mathematics was written by a Hindu monk, Bharati Krishna Tirtha, and contains a series of 16 sutras (formulae) and 13 sub-sutras (corollaries). Over the years, there’s been a lot of brouhaha ...

Vedic Maths, originating from ancient Indian scriptures called the Vedas, uses 16 sutras to simplify mathematical calculations. Vedic Maths is an incredible tool that makes math simple, fast, and fun.

Editor’s Note: Go inside the sometimes bizarre Aghori sect on the premiere episode of “Believer with Reza Aslan,” Sunday, March 5, at 10p ET. The article below was first published in April 2014. Suhag ...