Sri Rudram occurs in Krishna Yajur Veda in the Samhitha of Taithireeya in the fourth and seventh chapters.

The gods whom Veda considered as very important are Indra, Varuna, Agni, Mithra and Maruth who became minor gods later in the Puranas. Rig Veda mentions Vishnu in five places and Rudra just in one place. Though most of the Vedic Gods can be identified with Gods mentioned in the Puranas, the importance ascribed to them differed very much in Vedas and Puranas. There are about one hundred thousand verses in the four Vedas.

Brahmanas are mainly information about fire sacrifices with stories interspersed. Samhitaas are mainly poems written about various Gods. The Yajur Veda was rewritten once more and there are two Yajur Vedas: Krishna Yajur Veda and Shukla Yajur Veda. Each of these has several sookthas (loosely translated verses but many of them were written in prose). The appendices to Brahmanas are Aranyakas and the appendices to Aranyakas are Upanishads. Each Veda is further sub divided in to Samhithas and Brahmanas. He divided it in to four books viz., Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. The great Sage Veda Vyasa is supposed to have edited this storehouse of inherited knowledge, which was composed by many rishis in various poetic styles and in prose. This was necessary because the language in which it was composed relied upon compound words, which, if pronounced or split differently gave rise to different meanings. Initially, the Vedas were not written down and the composers simply taught them to their disciples along with pronunciation.

Vedas are believed to be birthless and the term originates from the word 'vid' meaning knowledge. The word Hindu is the modern term coined by those from foreign land, to denote the followers of Vedas, who preferred to term themselves as those following Sanathana Dharma. Source: r rudram (introduction)Īmong the oldest books ever composed are the Vedas - the sacred books of Hindus. Published for the World Wide Web (For personal (spiritual) use only. Source: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page # Introduction 3 Guide to pronunciation 8 r Rudram - Nysam 9 (English) r Rudram - Namakam 12 (English) r Rudram - Chamakam 27 (English) References 39 RamachanderĮnglish Transliteration, Proof-reading, & Preparation by Sri Skandas Warrior of Light The Fragrant Divine Lotus Feet of my beloved SatGuru - Bhagavan Sri Skanda & R rudram (Vedic hymn of adoration to God Siva in the form of Rudra)

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