Hinduism sacred writings
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Ancient writings of Hinduism
MY TOPIC IS HINDUISM SACRED WRITINGS AND I AM COVERING THESE TOPICS ON THE HINDUISM SACRED WRITINGS WHICH ARE THE
UPANISHADS , RAMAYANA, THE VEDAS, AND FINALLY MAHABBARRTA. ALSO THESE ARE THE TOPICS I AM COVERING ON THIS PROJECT
ON THE HINDUISM SACRED WRITINGS.
THE STORY OF RAMAYANA.
RAMAYANA IS ONE OF THE TWO ANCIENT SANSKRIT EPICS FROM INDIA, THE STORY OF RAMAYANA IS ABOUT PRINCE RAMA AND TO SAVE
HIS WIFE SITA AFTER HER ADDUCTION BY THE DEMON KING RAVANA. THE EPIC TALE OF RAMAYANA DEALS WITH EXILE,STRUGGLE, LOSS
OF REDEMPTION. ALSO THE BOOKS TELL THE HISTORY OF RAMA'S ANCESTRY,BIRTH AND BOYHOOD AND OF RAVANA THE DEMON KING
ALSO THE BOOKS ADD A COMSIC DIMENSION TO THIS ANCIENT TALE OF THE PERENNIAL BATTLE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.
THE VEDAS
WHAT IS THE VEDAS THEY ARE THE OLDEST TEXTS IN HINDUISM LITERATURE AND IT GOES BACK TO LEAST 1500 B.C. THE VEDAS WAS
WRITTEN DOWN IN VEDIC PERIOD, IT IS A EARLY FORM OF A SANSKRIT, AROUND 600 B.C. THE FORMS OF VEDAS HAD
ORIGINATE FROM TEXTS WRITTEN AROUND 300 B.C.THEY ARE WERE ORIGINALLY 3 VEDAS IS RIG VEDA, THE SAMA VEDA AND YAJUR VEDA.
THAT WAS CONSTITUTED THREEFOLD KNOWLEDGE ASLO WITH THE FOURTH VEDA THE ATHARVA,THAT WAS ADDED IN THE VEDIC PEROID
UPANISHADS
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THERE ARE MORE THAN 200 KNOWN UPANISHADS, ONE OF WHICH, THE MUKTIK, GIVES A LIST OF 108 HISTORIANS HAVE PUT THE DATES
OF COMPOSITION FROM AROUND 800 TO 400 B.C, THOUGH MANY SAY THAT VERSIONS MAY HAVE BEEN WRITTEN MUCH LATER.
THE TERM 'UPANISHAD' LITERALLY MEANS, "SITTING DOWN NEAR" OR "SITTING CLOSE TO", AND IMPLIES LISTENING CLOSELY TO
THE MYSTIC DOCTRINES OF A GURU OR A SPIRITUAL TEACHER, WHO EXPLAINS THE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS OF THE UNIVERSE.
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IT POINTS TO A PERIOD IN TIME WHEN GROUPS OF PUPILS SAT NEAR THE TEACHER AND LEARNT FROM HIM THE SECRET TEACHINGS .
IN FOREST ASHRAMS.IN ANOTHER SENSE OF THE TERM, 'UPANISHAD' MEANS BRAHMA-KNOWLEDGE' BY WHICH IGNORANCE IS ANNIHILATED
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THE UPANISHADS HAVE INFLUENCED WORLD CULTURE IN PART THROUGH LATER HINDU TEXTS, SUCH AS THE BHAGVAD GITA. A
VERSE GOES: "THE UPANISHADS ARE THE COWS... AND THE NECTAR-LIKE GITA IS THE EXCELLENT MILK."PLACATE ANGRY GODS,I HAD NO
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NO ANSWER THEM.BUT UPON REFLECTION, I WOULD VENTURE THAT IN THOSE HUNTER-GATHERER DAYS, AND
ESPECIALLY ON INTO THE TIME OUR DEAR OLD GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPAS AND GRANDMAS
BEGAN CULTIVATING CORN OR YAMS OR GRAPES, THE SOUND OF THUNDER WAS SOMETHINGTO WELCOME, A HERALD OF RAIN
AND THEREFORE PROSPERITY, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT THIS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A UNIVERSAL RESPONSE THE POET T.S. ELIOT ENDED HIS
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MOST FAMOUS RAIN OF WORDS WITH THE SOUND OF THUNDER
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Mahabharata
THE MAHABHARATA WAS COMPOSED BEGINNING ABOUT 300 BC AND RECEIVED NUMEROUS ADDITIONS UNTIL ABOUT AD 300. IT IS
DIVIDED INTO 18 BOOKS CONTAINING ALTOGETHER ABOUT 200,000LINES OF VERSE INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT PROSE PASSAGES.THE
MAHABHARATA, COMPRISING MORE THAN 90,000 COUPLETS, USUALLY OF 32 SYLLABLES, IS THE LONGEST SINGLE POEM IN WORLD
LITERATURE.
MY CONCLUSION IS I HOPE THAT EVERYTHING WE WROTE IS EXPLAINABLE IN DETAILED AND STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.
THE GRAPHIC PICTURES THAT ARE SHOWED EXPLAIN OUR WORK THAT WE DID TOGETHER.
BIBLIOGRAPHY( WORK CITED)
"UPANISHADS." (N.D.): FUNK & WAGNALLS NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA. WEB. 15 JAN. 2013.
"Upanishads." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6Th Edition (2011): 1. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 15 Jan. 2013.
