The Vedas, meaning "knowledge" in Sanskrit, are ancient texts that form the foundation of Hinduism. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit between 1500 and 500 BCE, these texts are the oldest in Hinduism and were ...

Sanskrit is a language reveled for its complexity in many regards. It is grammatically very complex, has a rich phonemic library, and is considered to be one of the oldest documented languages in the ...

India needs to nurture the knowledge of the Vedas and the ancient language of Sanskrit to become a 'vishwa guru', Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Sunday. He said Indian ...

KV Seshadrinatha Sastrigal, 85, is a traditionalist, for whom tradition refers to customs and ceremonials by means of which the past speaks to the present. Traditions, for this scholar, relate ...

Don’t be surprised if you visit a tourist destination in Madhya Pradesh in the near future and find guides chanting mantras to greet you and inform you about the place with excerpts from the vedas.

A Muslim student has obtained a PhD in the Sanskrit language from Gujarat University. Salma Qureshi (26) chose to study the subject of the teacher-disciple tradition of India. She had graduated from ...

The origin of Vedas cannot be traced. They have been in existence from time immemorial. In Tamil, the Vedas are called “seyyamozhi” — denoting that it is not authored by anyone. The Vedas tell us the ...

The Endowment Department came up with the proposal and a committee has now been constituted to look into the feasibility. BENGALURU: Priests at popular temples in the state will soon get to enhance ...

In a moment of pride for Indians, Suriname’s newly-elected President, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, amazed everyone after he took the oath of office in Sanskrit while holding Vedas during the inauguration ...