Who wrote the Vedas and when?

The “circum-Vedic” texts, as well as the redaction of the Samhitas, date to c. 1000–500 BCE. According to tradition, Vyasa is the compiler of the Vedas, who arranged the four kinds of mantras into four Samhitas (Collections).

How old the Vedas are?

The Vedas date back to 6000 BC, Sanskrit scholars brainstorming on the dates of the ancient texts at a conclave organised by Delhi University’s Sanskrit department said on Saturday. This amounts to the Vedas getting older by 4500 years compared to what we thought.

How old is Vedas and Upanishads?

The only extant Vedic materials are the texts known as the Vedas, which were composed and handed down orally over a period of about 10 centuries, from about the 15th to the 5th century bce. The Vedic corpus is composed in an archaic Sanskrit. The most important texts are also the oldest ones.

Which is the first written Vedas?

The Rigveda
The Rigveda is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text. Its early layers are one of the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language. The sounds and texts of the Rigveda have been orally transmitted since the 2nd millennium BCE.

Who wrote the Rig Vedas?

It is thought that the work was composed by an individual (possibly Atharvan but not likely) or individuals about the same time as the Sama Veda and Yajur Veda (c. 1200-1000 BCE). It is comprised of 20 books of 730 hymns some of which draw on the Rig Veda.

When was the first religion founded?

The first and foremost of these is a belief in the Vedas – four texts compiled between the 15th and 5th centuries BCE on the Indian subcontinent, and the faith’s oldest scriptures – which make Hinduism without doubt the oldest religion in existence.

Where is original copy of Vedas?

The earliest known surviving copies of any of the Vedas are copies of the Rig Veda and Atharva Veda that are currently held in the Bhandarkar Oriental Institute in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Are Vedas lost?

The original Vedas were never lost by humans because it will be very hard to mix anything in the Vedas. Because of the different pathas, like Jata path, Ghana Patha, etc. And Chand. So it will take months to even change a word from the Vedas.

What religious books are older than the Bible?

Here are ten of the world’s oldest religious texts.

• Kesh Temple Hymn. Written: Circa 2600 BC.
• Pyramid Texts. Written: Circa 2400–2300 BC.
• The Coffin Texts. Written: Circa 2100 BC.
• The Epic of Gilgamesh. Written: Circa 2100 BC.
• The Rigveda. Written: Circa 1700 BC.
• The Book of the Dead.
• The Instruction of Amenemope.
• The Samaveda.

What three religions are older than Christianity?

Three religions older than Christianity. Islam is more related to Judaism and Christianity than to Hinduism and Buddhism. Three “missionary” religions. Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam.

How old are the Vedas?

What time period are the Vedas from?

Composed in archaic, or Vedic, Sanskrit, generally dated between 1500 and 800 bce, and transmitted orally, the Vedas comprise four major texts—the Rig-, the Sama-, the Yajur-, and the Atharvaveda. Of these, the Rigveda is believed to be the earliest.

When was Rig Veda first written?

about 1500 bce
Rigveda, (Sanskrit: “The Knowledge of Verses”) also spelled Ṛgveda, the oldest of the sacred books of Hinduism, composed in an ancient form of Sanskrit about 1500 bce, in what is now the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

Can we read Vedas?

If you want to learn Vedas you should buy Dr Tulshi Ram Sharma’s English translation. You can also follow Pandit Lekhram Vedic Mission. They have an app with full translation of four Vedas in English. If you want hindi translation you should follow Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati translation.

Can I read Vedas?

Where can I find original Vedas?

When was the first book of the Vedas written?

The first of the written Vedas date to 1st millennium BCE, though the surviving ones now date only to somewhere in between the 11th and 14th century mostly due to the ephemeral nature of the manuscript materials; the birch barks or palm leaves.

When did the Vedas start to dry up?

Since the Harappan cities flourished between 3500–1900 BCE, Sarasvati must have flowed for long before 3500 BCE. The date for it starting to dry up is estimated to be 2600 BCE. Based on these points, the starting period for the Rig Veda is at least 3500 BCE. So the Vedas have been sacred to the Hindus since at least 3500 BCE, if not earlier.

When did the Rig Veda start to be written?

Based on these points, the starting period for the Rig Veda is at least 3500 BCE. So the Vedas have been sacred to the Hindus since at least 3500 BCE, if not earlier. References: For the evidence on Sarasvati, please read Michel Danino’s “The Lost River: On the Trails of the Sarasvati”.

Are there any Vedas written before the Ramayana?

These references clearly show that Vedas, Upvedas and Vedangas existed much before the Ramayana period. Bloomfield, in his introduction to the “Hymns of the Atharvaveda,” writes :-