Vedic
Of Hindu scripture
Vedic is an adjective relating to the Vedas, the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism, composed in ancient India over three thousand years ago.
The term appears in phrases like Vedic religion, Vedic period, and Vedic Sanskrit, referring to the era and culture in which these texts emerged.
Vedic astrology is an astrological system distinct from Western astrology, based on sidereal rather than tropical calculations.
Vedic philosophical scriptures
- sutrasAphoristic teaching verses
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- mantrasRepeated sacred utterances
- recitationOral delivery from memory
chanting · Sanskrit · prosody · meters · verses · compilation · canon · scripture
Giving up something precious
- AgniVedic flame deity
- oblationReligious gift offering
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- gheeButter with milk removed
offerings · priests · consecration · invocation · puja · rites · ceremony · auspicious
Vedic king of deities
- AgniVedic flame deity
- VishnuHindu deity of preservation
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
Supreme cosmic reality
- AtmanHindu eternal essence
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
samsara · cosmology · metaphysics · transmigration · liberation · consciousness · reality · existence
Indo-European linguistic ancestor
- SaraswatiHindu goddess of wisdom
- GangesIndia's holiest river
- Indo-AryanSouth Asian language branch
- tribesAncestral social groups
clans · kingdoms · settlements · pastoral · agriculture · cattle · horses · chariots
Profound meditative absorption state
- pranayamaYogic breath control technique
- tapasSpanish appetizer assortment
- meditationFocused attention practice
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
discipline · concentration · contemplation · austerity · self-control · mindfulness
Upanishads
Vedic philosophical scriptures
recitation · chanting · Sanskrit · prosody · meters · verses · compilation · canon · scripture · commentary
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
ghee · offerings · priests · consecration · invocation · puja · rites · ceremony · auspicious · ritualistic
Indra
Vedic king of deities
invocation · hymns · worship · divine · celestial
Brahman
Supreme cosmic reality
moksha · samsara · cosmology · metaphysics · transmigration · liberation · consciousness · reality · existence · truth
Aryan
Indo-European linguistic ancestor
- SaraswatiHindu goddess of wisdom
- GangesIndia's holiest river
- Indo-AryanSouth Asian language branch
tribes · clans · kingdoms · settlements · pastoral · agriculture · cattle · horses · chariots · society
samadhi
Profound meditative absorption state
- pranayamaYogic breath control technique
- tapasSpanish appetizer assortment
- meditationFocused attention practice
asceticism · discipline · concentration · contemplation · austerity · self-control · mindfulness
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- HinduismVishnu, Shiva, Krishna, Ganesh, Ganesha
- South AsianIndian, Pakistani, Bengali, Bangladeshi, Hindi
- Dharmic Conceptskarma, dharma, nirvana, moksha, samsara
- Indian religionsHinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism
- Indo-Iranian languagesSanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Pashto
Vedicrationalist
One guided by reason
empiricist · skeptical · secular · scientific · experiential