ancient scriptures
Old holy writings
Ancient scriptures are religious or spiritual texts from distant historical periods, regarded as sacred or authoritative by their traditions.
The phrase typically refers to foundational writings like the Bible, Quran, Torah, Vedas, or Buddhist sutras.
Scholars study ancient scriptures to understand early religious thought.
The term often carries connotations of wisdom, timelessness, and divine origin.
- RishiSanskrit name meaning sage
- sacred textsHoly religious writings
- Sefer YetzirahHebrew mystical cosmogony treatise
- AnalectsClassical Chinese wisdom text
- BibleChristian sacred writings
holy book · Upanishads · script · Dead Sea Scrolls · Epic of Gilgamesh · stone tablets · parchment · Shruti · papyrus · Quran · cuneiform · vellum · Bhagavad Gita · divine revelation · oral tradition · Tao Te Ching · Torah · verses
- Jain scripturesAgamas, canonical works
- Sanskrit textsVedas, Upanishads, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita
ancient scripturesdigital content
Electronic files for consumption
digital publications · breaking news · e-books · tweets · text messages
ancient scripturespulp fiction
Sensational cheap literature
tabloid journalism · technical manuals · gossip columns · popular fiction · pulp novels