Union Minister Nitin Gadkari highlighted India’s role in offering knowledge to the world through its rich heritage and the Vedas at the opening of 'NJT Vedh Pathshala'. He emphasized India’s culture ...

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 ...

There are few ideas in Indian spiritual thought that are as widely repeated and yet as deeply misunderstood as the idea of ...

Recently, a very senior gentleman argued that Europeans stole science from the Vedas. He kept quoting verses from Vedas to prove how everything from gravity to Newtonian physics can be traced to the ...

Vedas and Upanishads are often used interchangeably and this gives an impression that these are twin words, which means they might have the same meaning. However, the fact that Vedas and Upanishads ...

BANGALORE: The Vedas consist of the four samhitas — Rig, Yajur, Atharva and Sama, the six supplements, the 108 Upanishads, the 18 Puranas and the two itihasas — Ramayana and Mahabharata. The entire ...

The word ‘Veda’ means knowledge. The real source of all knowledge is God. With their one-pointed minds, the rishis (seers) ‘saw’ or ‘heard’ truths that emanated from God as name and form. They in turn ...

“The Vedas, the ancient texts, celebrate life, offering a sense of optimism and hope; they, in fact, negate negation and pessimism,” said K.P. Rao, scholar and software expert, here on Saturday. He ...

What is the need to know the Vedas, one may ask. The path shown by the Vedas (Veda Marga) tries to fill the lacuna between the perceptible and the unseen. Moreover, the Vedas are the essence of ...