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True or False. we know a lot about the Vedic Period because many books survived?
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What is fullform of dav school?
dayanand Anglo vedic public school
What is your concept of education based on vedic culture and tradition in sanskrit?
vedic culture and traditionbelieves in individual soul(atman)which stress on each individual by which each student will be considered special with different potentialities.according to vedas character building is the main objective of education.the responsibility of an ideal teacher is not only to teach but also make their pupils worthy citizens possessing noble virtues such as truthfulness,respecting elders,faithful etc.
What is the meaning of bhattacharjee?
Bhatta = learned one; and acharjee = teacher. Bhattacharjee is a title given to Hindu Brahmins (Brahmin is a Caste in Hinduism) living in Bengal (present day Bangladesh). They are the Vedic Priests (Veda is like the Bible for Hindus). Many of them fled to India during India-Pakistan partition in 1947. Pronunciation key: But-uh-CHARGE-ee
How many English words are from Sanskrit origin?
Sanskrit Word List · AD Goth. root AT, pres. ITA (EAT, ATE) · AKSHA, "axle, axis" Ger. ACHSE AKSHI, "eye"=Russ. OKO=L. OCULUS=M.E. EYGHE, "eye". It is common for older English words spelled with a G to drop this letter and exchange it with a Y. (EYE; OCULAR; OCCULT, associated with the Evil Eye.) · A-/AN-, (prefix) "not, without= Eng. A-/AN- (APOLITICAL, AMORAL; ANOREXIC, "without appetite") · AARYA, "people from Central Asia, noble, royal, master" (Aryan) · AASANA, "sitting" (ASANA, "a yoga posture") AN*KA, "bend, curve, hook" · L. ANCORA (ANCHOR ANTA, "end" ANTAR, "within, between, among; in the middle" (INTER-NATIONAL, INTERIOR). · Akin to ANTARA, "interior, other". See I-TARA. ANTI, "before" (ANTIPASTO, something eaten before the main course/pasta; · ANTECEDENT, ANTERIOR). This is not the same as Eng. ANTI-, ""against". AP/APAS, "work" L. OPUS/OPERA (OPERATE) · ARD, "make agitated, torment, kill" L. ARDERE/ARSI, "be violently enraged, passionate; (countries), be in turmoil, at war" (ARDENT, "strongly emotional about"; ARSON) · AS, "to be", akin to ASTI=L. EST=Ger. IST, "is". Cf. L. ESSE, "be", Eng. ESSENCE, ESSENTIAL. · ASHTA, "eight"=L. OCTO, Ger. ACHT (OCTAGON, OCTET, OCTOPUS) -ATI/-ATE, a verb ending for the third person, singular, in the present tense. Cf. L. nuntiAT, facIT, docET. English has a cognate, as in "my cup runnETH over." · AUM/OM, the magical, repeated sound used in Yoga · BAAD/VAAD, "bathe" Old High German BAD, "bath" · BANDH, "bind around" (BIND, BAND, BANDAGE) · BARBARA, "barbarian, one with long hair" (BARBER) · BHAN~J, "break" L. FRANGERE/FREGI/FRACTUM Ger. · BRECHEN (BREAK, FRACTURE, FRAGILE) · BHRAATHRA, "brother, fraternity" L. FRATER (BROTHERHOOD) · BHRI, "to bear, carry away, endure" L. FERRE, "bear"; Old Irish BRITA, "birth" (BEARABLE, BIRTH, TRANSFER, INFER) · BHRUU, "brow" BHUJ, "bend down" Anglo-Saxon BUGAN (BOW) BHUU, "be" L. FUIT/FUTURUS, forms of esse, "be" (FUTURE) · BHUUTI, "wealth, fortune". Could this be related to Eng. BOOTY/BUTY, "anything plundered" [?] · BUDH, "awaken, communicate" (BUDDHA; BODHISATVA, "a saint, apostle"; BID < O.E. BUDON, "communicate") · More words below · C[H]AND, "shine, be bright" L. · CANDERE, "shine, be hot"; INCENDERE/INCENSUM, "burn, inflame emotions" (INCANDESCENT, CANDLE, CHANDELIER, INCENDIARY; INCENSED, "angry") · C[H]AKRA, "wheel", used to describe points of spiritual power. CAR, "go, move, travel through, pervade" akin to · CARYA, "driving in a carriage" (CAR, CHARIOT, CARRY) · CATUR< "four"=L. QUATTOR (QUARTER, "a fourth"; · QUATERNARY, "in fours"; QUADRATE, "four-sided") · DA, akin to DATTA, "given" L. DATA (DATA, "technical information"; DATE [pertaining to time]; DATIVE) · DAM, "tame"=L. DOMARE=O.E. TAM (INDOMITABLE) · DAMA "house"=L. DOMUS (DOMICILE, DOMESTICATE) · DANTA, "tooth" (DENTURE, INDENT) · DAARU, "wood" Hindi DEODAAR < Skt. DEVA, "god" + DAARU, "wood" (DEODAR, a Himalayan cedar) · DARBHA/DUURVAA, species of grasses Danish TORV (TURF; TURBARY, "land from which turf or peat is cut") · DASHA, "ten" Gr. DEKA (DECADE, DECAGON) · DHARMA, "law, path", in that SVA-DHARMA, "self-law/path", refers to modernusage wherein one must follow one's own path/conscience (e.g. Dharma and Greg TV show) · DHRISHTA, "bold" Lith. DRISTU O.E. DURST, past tense of DARE, "be bold" · DHUNI, "roaring, sounding, boisterous" O.N. DUNA, "to thunder, give a hollow sound"(DUN, "to sound", akin to DIN, "a noisy clamor, uproar") · DHVAN, "become covered, extinguished, darken" A.S. DVAN, "be extinguished" Eng. DUN, "dark brown" DHVANI, "roar, thunder" · Lith. DUNDETI. "to sound" (THUNDER, DUNDERBOLT) DHVAN/DHVAS, "to fall to dust" Ger. DUNST (DUST) · DIV, "shine" akin to DIVA, "heaven; DIVYA, "divine"; DEVA, "god" L. DEUS, "god; DIVA, "goddess" < Gr. THEOS (DEISM/THEISM, DEITY, THEOLOGY, DIVA, "opera singer") · DUR, "door". · DVA/DVI, "two" Gr. DI- L. DUO, Polish DWA, DWOI-, DWU-, (DUO, DOUBLE, TWIN; DICEPHALOUS, "two-headed") · DVAAR, "door" · EKA, "the same, equal" L. AEQUUS, "that which is the same" (EQUAL). · HARDA, "heart". · GA, "go" akin to GANTI, GAN*GAA, "swift-goer" (GONE; · GANGES [River]; O.E. GANG, "go") · GAGGH, "laugh" (GAG, "laughing-stock") [?] · GAURII, name of a Hindu goddess (GARISH) · GO, "cow" (Old Saxon CO, Low German KO, "cow". There is even a theory that GOD is derived from Skt. GO, because cows and bulls were symbolic representations of gods.) · HAARYA, "be robbed" akin to HARA, "destroying" (HARRY, "plunder; devastation"; HARASS) · HEKKI, "hiccup". · I/IDAM, "this, that" L. ID, "it"; IDEM, "same, identical" (IT, IDENTITY) · I/IR/IT, "go"=L. EO/IRE/II, pres. participle IENT-, "going"; ITER/ITINERIS, "a going, journey (ITINERARY; TRANSIT, "across-go"; TRANSIENT, "person 'going-through'") · JAN, "produce (offspring, family), cause to be born,come into existence", akin to JANAS, "race, class of people" > L. GENUS, "origin"; GENS/GENTIS, "clan" (CONGENITAL, GENETIC; GENTLE, "well-born, of good family, kind"; GENTILE, GENERATE, GENERATION, GENERIC, GENOCIDE, KIN/KIND; KINDERGARTEN, "childrens' garden") * KAKH, "cackle" * KAL, "count", akin to KAALA, "a fixed point in time, time in general, proper season" > L. CALCULARE,"calculate" (INCACULABLE, CALENDAR) * KAALA, "black" (see geocities.com/richston2/lang99/influence.htm) * KAPAALA, "skull" > old Gr. KEPHALE, "head"=L. CAPUT,CAPITIS (PRECIPITATE, DECAPITATE; CAPO, "Mafia head"; ENCEPHALITIS, CAPTAIN, PER CAPITA) * KARMA/KARMAN, "act, result, effect" (KARMA) * KATH, "speak about" > O.H.G. QUETHAN (QUOTH, QUOTE) * KONA, "corner, angle, intermediate point of a compass" > Gr. GONOS/GONON, "-angled" (Eng. -GON, as in OCTAGON, POLYGON, figures which have corners and angles) * KRI, "make, accomplish, cause, effect, bring to completion" > L. CREARE/CREATUM, "bring about something" (CREATE, PROCREATE) * LAGHU, "light (in weight, on the feet, on the stomach)" * LAS, "play, frolic, sport", akin to LASYA (LASCIVIOUS, * "arousing sexual feelings") * LIH akin to ALIKSHATI > Gr. LEIKHO (LICK) * LOK, "look" * LOKA, "place" (LOCALE, LOCUS, LOCOMOTION) * LUBH, "desire greatly, allure, excite lust" > L. LUBET, "there is desire"; LIBIDO, "a desire" (LOVE, LIBIDINOUS) * MA, "first person pronoun" (ME, MY) * MAA, "measure, compare", akin to MAATRA, "measure"=L. METIRI/MENSUS (METER, COMMENSURATE; IMMENSE, "huge" ["not measurable"]) * MAAS < L. MENSIS, Sp. MEZ, Fr. MOIS (MOON, MONTH) * MAD akin to MATTA "mad, insane" * MAH/MAHA, "great"=Gr. MEGAS=L. MAGNUS (MAJESTY, MAGNIFICENT, MAGNIFY, "make greater"; MAJOR, MAXIMUM, MAXIM) * MAJJ, "be submerged"=L. MERGERE (EMERGENT) * MAKHA, "Mecca" * MAKSH, "a fly" akin to MAKSHAA > L. MUSCA (Sp. MOSQUITO, "small fly") * MALA, "sin, moral filth" therefore > L. MALUS, "evil, bad" (MALICIOUS, MALADY) * MANAS, "mind" > L. MENS, MENTIS (MENTAL; MINT, "think") * MANTRA, "incantation, song" (MANTRA, "a repeated word" e.g. om/aum) * MANU, "man". After some reasearch, however, Oxford English Dictionary has decided this etymology is incorrect. * MASTA, "weight" (MAST, a weight) * MATRI, "mother" (MATRICIDE) * MI/MITA, "mete out, meter" * MIIV, "move" * MIKSH > L. MISCERE/MIXTUS (MIX, MISCIBLE, PROMISCUOUS) * MRI, "die", akin to MRITA, "dead" > L. MORI, MORTUUS (MORTALITY, MORTICIAN; MORTGAGE, "death=pledge"). See MUR. * MUR, "killer", akin to MRI, "die" (q.v.) (MURDER) * MUUSH, "mouse" * NA/NIH/NED, "no, not" * NAKTA > Latin NOX/NOCT-, Ger. NACHT (NIGHT, NOCTURNAL) * NAMAN, "name" * NAPAAT, "offspring, (grand)daughter, grandson" > L. * NEPOS/NEPOTIS (NEPOTISM, NEPHEW) * NAS, "nose" (NOSTRIL, NASAL) * NAU, "ship" akin to NAVYA (NAVY, NAVIGATE, NAUTICAL) * NAVA/NAVAN, "nine" (NOVENBER, the ninth month of a previous calendar; NOVENA, "a nine-day devotional with prayers") * NAVA, "new"=Gr. NEOS=L. NOVUS (NOVELTY, NOVICE, INNOVATE, RENOVATE; NAPLES/NAPOLI [Italy]: neos + polis, "city") * NU, "now", probably related to NAVA, "new" (q.v.) * PAD, "foot"=L. PES/PEDIS (FOOT, BIPEDAL, "two-footed"; * PEDESTRIAN, "foot-walker"; PEDATE, "having feet"; * ARTHROPOD, "joint-foot creature"; OCTOPUS, * "eight-footed creature") * * PAN~CHA, "five"=Gr. PENTA (PENTAGON, "five-sided figure") * PARA, "far; previous (in time) (FAR, FORE-FATHER) * PARI-, prefix "about, near"=Eng. PERI- (PERINATAL, PERIMETER) * PATHA, "path" * PHAL > Ger. SPALTEN, "split" * PITRI, "father"=L. PATER (PAPA, PAPAL, POPE * POSHA, "prosperity, wealth, abundance". Oxford English Dictionary offers POSH (noun), "money", perhaps related to another noun, POSH (of uncertain etymology): "The suggestion that this word is derived from the initials of 'port outward, starboard home', referring to the more expensive side for accommodations on ships formerly traveling between England and India is often put forward but lacks foundation". * PRA-, prefix "before, in front of"=Eng. PRE- (PREHISTORY, PREDICT) * PUU, "be bright,illuminate" > Gr. PUR/PURA, "funeral pyre=L. PYRA (O.E. FYR, "fire"; PYROMANIA) * PUUTA, "putrid" * PUUY, "stink" > Fr. PUER, "stink" ("PEE-YOO-EE!"; PEPE * LE PEW, a smelly cartoon skunk) * RAAGA, "musical melody" (Eng. RAGA, "melodic formula of Hindu music"; RAG/RAGTIME [?]) * RAAJ, "rule", akin to RAAJA, "king"=L. REX/REGIS; L. REGERE/RECTUM, "rule, govern, direct" (RECTIFY, DIRECT, REGAL, REGULATE, RICHARD; RICH, "having great wealth, powerful"; Ger. REICH, "rich; empire, kingdom") * RAANI, "queen"=Fr. REINE (REIGN. See RAJ, above) * RABH, with verb-form RAPSYATI, "seize, desire vehemently", akin to RABHASA, "rapid, violent, desirous of" > L. RAPERE/RAPTUS, "seize, force violently, ravish, hurry" (RAPE, RAPTURE, RAPTURE, RAVISH, RAPID) * RAD, "gnaw, scratch" > L. RODERE, "gnaw"; L. RODERE, "scratch" (RAT, which is a RODENT.) * RAP, "speak" There is mention in Oxford English Dictionary of RAP, "utter, say, talk", but the listingis under a verb RAP, "strike (a blow), knock with a rap". Could there be a mistake involved? Could some more-modern Hindu word be the source? * RE, "a vocative particle (generally used contemptuously; often doubled)". Cf. RI, "a sound inarticulate or repeated as in stammering". Cf. [?] L. RE-, a prefix used to indicate repetition. However, Latin is supposed to be the original source of Eng. RE-, as in RE-THINK, RE-DONE, etc. * RI, second note of the seven-tone Hindu musical scale (Cf. [?] RE, second tone of Western, 7-note scale: do-RE-mi, etc.) * RISHI, a sage * ROMA, "Rome", Italy * RUP, "break off" > L. RUMPERE/RUPTUS, "break" * (RUPTURE) * SA, "she, that" * SAD, "sit, sink into despondency, despair" akin to * SATTI, "sitting" > L. SEDERE (SETTLE, RESIDE, RESIDUE, * SEDIMENT, SADNESS) * SAM, "together, in common with" (SYMPATHY, * "together-mind", in that there is a sharing of * emotions.) See SAMA. * SAMA (#1), "same" (SIMILAR, SIMULATE) See SAM. * SAMA (#2), "any, every" (SOME) * SAPTAN, "seven" (SEPTEMBER, seventh month of the year in earlier calendars; SEPTENNIAL, "every seven years") * SARPA, "serpent" * SATII, wife of Shiva > Eng. SUTTEE because of her faithfulness to him and how she cremated herself. * SHAALAA< "large room" > Fr. SALLE (SALON, SALOON) * SHARKARAA, "ground or candied sugar" (SACCHARIN, * SUCROSE) * SHATAM, "hundred"=L. CENTUM (CENT, CENTURY, CENTIME) * SIV, "sew" > A.S. SEOWIAN, Goth. SIUJAN (SEW) * SMI, "smile" * SRIV/SRIIV/SHRIV, "to go/become dry; lead astray; frustrate, thwart; cause to fail". Cf. Eng. [?] * SHRIVEL, "become wrinkled, as from heat [dry up?]; be reduced to an inefficient condition; reduce to helplessness". Oxford English Dictionary says this word derives from Swedish but is uncertain. * STHAA > L. STARE (STAND, STAY) * STHAG, "hide,cause to disappear" > Hindi THAG (THUG) * STHAL, "be firm, stand firm" (STILL) * SUUNU, "son" * SVA, "one's own" > L. SE/SUA, Fr. SE/SOI/SA (SELF) * SVAAMIN, "spiritual master, teacher" (SWAMI) * SVAN, "to sound" (SONAR, SONI; SWAN, the bird [sic]) * SVADU, "sweet" * SVASTIKA, "cross of good fortune, auspicious sign", akin to SVASTI, a salutation meaning "be well" (SWASTIKA. Hitler perverted the original positive intention of the word) * SVID, "sweat" akin to SVEDA, "sweating" * TAANDAVA, Shiva's Dance/"Ring around the Rosy", >Hung. * TANC > Germ. TANZ (DANCE) * TAT, "that" * TRI-, prefix "three" (TRIPLE) * TVA, "you"=L. TU/TE/TUA, Fr. TOI (THOU, THEE) * TVAN'G, "tremble" (See TWANG near the end of this site. * UBHA, "both" > L. AMBO (AMBIDEXTROUS, AMBIVALENT) * UURDHVA, "elevated, high" > L. ARDUUS, "steep" * (ARDUOUS, "steep") * UURJ, "be strong" > L. URGERE, "exert pressure, * subject (a person) to repeated verbal attacks (URGE) * VA, "wind" akin to VAANA, "blowing" > L. VENTUS, "wind" (WIND, VENTILATE, VENT) * VAACH, "speech" (VOICE, VOCAL) * VAH, "carry, travel by car" > L. VEHICULUM, VEHERE (VEHICULAR, WEIGH) * VAKSH, "be angry" (WAX) * VAM, "vomit" * VAN, "gain, conquer" (WIN) * VAS, "wear clothes" > L. VESTIS, "one's own dress" (VEST) * VID, "perceive, observe", akin to VEDA, sacred philosophical writings > L. VIDERE/VISUS, "see" (VIDEO, VISTA, VISION, PROVIDE/PROVISION, DIVIDE/DIVISION, DIVIDEND, VEDIC) * VIIR, "be strong, display heroism", akin to VIIRA, "man"; VIIRYA, "manliness, semen, poison" > L. VIRUS, "poison" (VIRILE, "manly, strong". To this we might add L. VIRGA, "rod", which later turns into Eng. VERGE, "rod, penis"; WEREWOLF, "man-wolf"; VIRULENT, "poisonous"; ) * YADA * YUJ, "yoke,join, bind", akin to YUKTA, "joined"; * YUKTI, "junction"; YUGA, "a yoke, couple" > L. IUGARE, "join, fasten"; IUGUM, "yoke"; IUNGERE/IUNCTUM, "join" (JOINT, JUNCTION; YOGA, "union"; YOGI) * YU/YUVAN (JUVENILE, YOUNG)
Do we know a lot about the Vedas period because of the books that survived?
Yes, we know a significant amount about the Vedas period due to the preservation of Vedic texts such as the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda. These texts provide insights into ancient Indian culture, religion, rituals, and language during the Vedic period.
Later vedic period?
it is a term of the vedic age
Which period saw the emergence of mahajanapadas?
Later Vedic Period
What is Early vedic period?
The period between 1,500 BCE-1,000 BCE during which the Aryans settled in Sapta Sindhu region is called the Early Vedic Period.
In vedic period goghna refers to?
a guest
In the vedic period goghna refers?
guest
What was the normal form of government in the Vedic period?
Dictator
What is the period around 1500 BCE when religious practices and beliefs began to solidify in India?
Buddhism
What was the assembly called in the vedic period?
those who controlled trade.
Was Hinduism developed in the vedic period?
Elements of it predate the Vedic period. For instance, a statue of a dancing man from neolithic Harappa is in the same posture as the dancing Nataraja form of the god Shiva.
Analys the changes of society and economic in the early Vedic period and later Vedic period?
The society in the early vedic period was changed a lot, Outside the four-fold division of the society the carpenters, the blacksmiths, the tanners, the fishermen and members of other professions formed their own castes or communities. The power and prestige of the Brahmanas and Kshatriyas increased.
What relationship between the Vedic texts and the Vedas?
There are the four Vedas (the Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharvana Vedas) but the period of the development of Hinduism in which they were written (and some time before that) is sometimes referred to as the Vedic period. So, hypothetically, any text from that time could be "Vedic" but as a general rule the Vedic texts are the texts that only come from the four Vedas.
