HISTORY ONE-LINER (Vedic Age)
ONE-LINER
HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS
Vedic
Age
1. Vedic
Age is the period of Aryans in India from 1500 - 500 BC.
2. Most
Probable Home of the Aryans is Central Asia. This theory is of Max Muller.
3. The
word Aryan literally means high born, but it generally refers to
language.
4. The
word ‘Veda’ is derived from the word ‘vid’ which means knowledge.
5. Vedas
are the oldest literary works of mankind. Vedas are four in number, they are Rig
Veda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharva Veda. Rig veda is the oldest veda.
6. Vedas
are collectively known as Sruti
7. Vedangas
are collectively known as Smriti
8. Vedangas
are six in number. They are, Siksha - Phonetic Kalpa - Ritual Vyakarana
- Grammar Nirukta - Etymology Chhanda - Metrics and Jyotisha
- Astronomy
9. There
are 1028 hymns in Rigveda. It is divided into ten Mandalas Chapters).
10. Rig
Vedic Hymns sung by priests were called Hotris.
11. ‘Sruti’
literature belonged to the Sathyayuga, Smriti belonged to Treatayuga,
Puranas belonged to Dwaparayuga and Thanthra literature belonged to Kaliyuga.
12. Rigveda
starts with the line ‘Agnimele Purohitam’
13. Famous
Gayatri Mantra is contained in the Rigveda It is believed to have
composed by Vishwamitra)
14. Yajurveda
deals with sacrifices and rituals.
15. Yajurvedic
hymns are meant to be sung by priests called ‘Adhavaryu’.
16. Yajurveda
is derived into two: SuklaYajurveda White Yajurveda) and Krishna
Yajur Veda Black Yajurveda)
17. Sama
Veda deals with Music.
18. Sama
Vedic hymns are meant to be sung by priests called Udgatri.
19. Atharva
veda is a collection of spells and incantations. Ayurveda is a part of
Atharva Veda, which deals with medicine.
20. The
saying, ‘‘War begins in the minds of men’’ is from Atharva Veda.
21. The
10th Mandala of Rigveda contain the Purusha Sukta hymn which tells about
the origin of caste system.
22. Upanishads
are 108 in number. Upanishads are philosophical works
23. Upanishads
are known as the Jnanakantas of Vedas.
24. The
words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ have been taken from ‘Mundaka Upanishad’
25. Brahdaranya
Upanishad was the first to give the doctrine of
Transmigration of Soul and Karma.
26. Puranas
are the part of Smriti literature. They are 18 in number 6
vishnupuranas, 6 sivapuranas and 6 Brahmapuranas.
27. Bhagvata
purana is divided into 18 skandas The 10th skanda
mentions about the childhood of Sri Krishna.
28. Skanda
purana is considered as the largest purana.
29. Brahmapurana
is
also known as Adipurana.
30. Adhyatma
Ramayana is included in the Brahmantapurana.
31. Cattle
was the chief measure of wealth of the vedic period.
32. Rigvedic
tribe was referred to as Jana .
33. Many
clans vis) formed a tribe.
34. The
basic unit of society was kula or the family and Kulapa was the
head of the family.
35. ‘Visah’
was a cluster of gramas.
36. Important
tribal assemblies of the Rig Vedic period were Sabha, Samiti, Vidhata and
Gana.
37. The
Aghanya mentioned in many passages of Rigveda applies to cows.
38. The
Rigvedic religion was primitive animism.
39. Indra
was
the greatest God of Aryans and Agni occupied second position.
40. Varuna
was
God of water and Yama was the Lord of dead.
41. Savitri
was
a solar diety to whom the famous Gayatri Mantra is attributed to.
42. Prithvi
was
Earth Godess.
43. The
battle of ten kings mentioned in the Rig Veda was fought on the division of
water of river Ravi. It was fought on the banks of River Ravi Purushni).
44. Indra
was
known as Purandara.
45. The
people called Panis, during the Vedic period were cattle breeders.
46. The
Vedic God in charge of truth and moral order was Varuna.
47. Indra
Played
the role of the Warlord. He is also considered as the rain god.
48. The
two priests who played a major part during the Rig Vedic period were Vasishta
and Visvamitra.
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