Table of contents...
- about Hinduism
- the sacred treasures
- why now those are losing their values
- are those just only erudite materials
- way forward
Now they also considered Hinduism as the world's oldest ideology (religion). Basically in a broad view we take it as a code ( religious) of conduct (dharma) but in practical it is more than that. The hidden treasures of Hinduism are beyond our thinking power and still we are not able to decode all the meaning of those materials in a practical point of view.
Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life. To make a better life and to live a meaningful living no doubt it is the Hinduism which prescribes many things.
Today in this article you are going to read about the most important sacred scriptures of this oldest discipline and other contemporary treaties which are written by our great rishis notonly for the followers but the whole masses irrespective of their caste,sex and, religion.
All rights and rituals which we are practicing in our everyday life like taking three times of meal , the medicine , process of food production etc already mentioned in our scriptures and this article contains a brief account of those .
So let's begin...
The main and important one is the holy Veda which is further divided into four parts i.e Rig, yajur, Sama, Atharv and these are also referred as the Samhita like the Rigveda Samhita .
After that there are four Upaveda as Ayurveda (from Atharv Veda),Dhanur Veda (Yajur veda), Gandharva Veda (Sama),Sthapatya Veda (yajur).
The Upanishad is a term decodes as Upa (near)+Nisad(sitting). Earlier disciples were sat near the feet of their Gurus and were learnt and that's why the name. In general there are 108 Upanishads but out of those 20 are regarded as most important like Isha, mundaka, mandukya, prashna, Swetaswetara, brihadaranyak etc.
There are several types of Bramhanas book like Satapatha, Gopath, Eaiteriya, Treiteriya etc which deals with the sacred brahminic rituals (karmakanda).
Then the next is our famous history i.e the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Gita is a part of the Mahabharata . Again in that period Bhagwan Ved Vyas composed eighteen Mahapuranas as bramha , Padma, bishnu, Shiv, Narad, markandeya, Agni, bhavishya, bramhabaibarta, Linga, baraha, skandha, baman, kurma, matashya, Garuda, bramhanda, srimad Bhagvat puran .
After that Shankaracharya was came and wrote the Bramhasutra . Now the best part i.e the Prastanatrai and it includes the Gita + Upanishads+ the Bramhasutra and who wrotes commentaries on these is awarded with the title of the Jagat Guru.
Apart from these there are also other Smirti like Vrigu, Parasar, and the Manu Smriti etc.
The Indian philosophy contains six types of book also called as Sadd Darsan like Yoga, Shankhya, Nyaya, vaiseyika, mimansha, vedanta .
Charak, Susruta, and Baghbhatt wrote Charak samhita, Susruta Samhita and Astangahridayam respectively which are regarded as Ayurvedic trio (tri ratna).
Also other interesting texts are Niti in Satakam, Sringar Satakam, Bairagya Satakam , vidur niti, sukra niti, Chanakya niti etc .
The Indian laws regarding with property are drawn from the Yagyavalkya's Mitakhyara and Daibhag.
The last major philosophical work done by Vidyaranya i.e the Panchadashi .
Panchatantra and Hitapadesh are there for the children to enhance their moral understanding.
So these are main books and text which the writer found the most important. But in this internet era people don't like to read physical books . Isn't it? and not going to analyse the deep concept of all those aforesaid examples. That's why people just follow rituals without understanding the meaning and motive.
Do you think these text are just there for provide only bookish knowledge to a reader. Never . These text are not just text but the fruits of hard penance of our ancestors. All science are there . But we can't see as we don't have faith on those .
So don't waste time just go and collect your copies and start reading to understand the real Sanatan Dharm...
Very nice explanation
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