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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did Aryans pass to their next generation their knowledge of Vedas?
A
book
B
oral
C
visual
D
audio
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Vedas were transmitted orally during the course of numerous subsequent generations before finally being archived in written form. Not much is known about the authors of the Vedas, as the focus is placed on the ideas found in Vedic tradition rather than those who originated the ideas.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Vedic oral tradition” is a broad rubric for traditions of recitation and ritual connected to India’s oldest Sanskrit texts, the Vedas, which were orally composed, compiled, and codified during the late 2nd millennium and early 1st millennium BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vedas began as an oral tradition passed down from one generation to the other, eventually written in Vedic Sanskrit over 2500 years ago by Saptarishis (7 Sages) Vedas are a melting pot of Yogic wisdom.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hindus believe that the Vedas texts were received by scholars direct from God and passed on to the next generations by word of mouth.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Vedas comprise a vast corpus of Sanskrit poetry, philosophical dialogue, myth, and ritual incantations developed and composed by Aryans over 3, 500 years ago.

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