HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Vedas
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Agamas
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Tantras
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Satpathas
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Detailed explanation-1: -The concluding portions of the Brahmanas are called the Tantras.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because the Upanishads constitute the concluding portions of the Vedas, they are called vedanta (“the conclusion of the Vedas”), and they serve as the foundational texts in the theological discourses of many Hindu traditions that are also known as Vedanta.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Brahmanas: These are the commentary in prose of the Vedas, which explain the social and religious importance of rituals as well as the value of sacrifices. The Aranyakas: These are ‘forest books’ written for the guidance of the hermits and the students living in the forests.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ascribed to the sage Tittiri (or Taittiri), the Taittiriya Brahmana of the Taittiriya Shakha consists of three Ashtakas (books or parts) of commentaries on the performance of Vedic sacrificial rituals, astronomy, and information about the gods.