Aryan Civilisation Flashcards
Theory of aryans
Central Asia ( max mullar, Germany, translated vedas into English)
Tibet( swamy dayanand saraswati,
Arctic ( bal gang, arcitic home of vedas)
Europe ( sir william jones)
Vedas
Rigveda
Yajurveda
Sama veda
Atharva vedav( non aryans)
Rigveda
1028 mantras, battles, 10 mandalas
3 rd mandala( gayatri mantra, savitri goddess, 7 th mandal( the battle between 10 kings dasaratha battle)
10 th manda( purusa sukta, caste based mentioned , varna system
Samaveda
First book on music , zenda avesta( world music book)
Yajurveda
Yagnas , yagas( rituals, divided 2 parts, black yajurveda, krishna , prose
white yajarved swetha poetry
Athrva veda
Non aryans, medicine, black magic, gotram
Hotri
Study of mantras in rigveda hotri
Udgator, study of mantras in samaveda
Adharvyaya study of mantras in yajurveda
Study of mantras in atharvaveda brahmana
Dhanurveda
Battlee upaveda of rigveda
Gandharva veda upa of samaveda
Shilpaveda arts upa of yajur
Ayurveda medicine upa of atharvaveda
Mundakopanishad
Upanishad 108 , satyameva jayate taken from
Katopanishad -death nachiketa story
Jabala upanishad- ashramas
Brahma chryam 1 to 25
Gruhastya married life 25 to 50
Vana prastut 50 to 75 teertha yatra piligrim
Sanyasa 75 to 100
Brihadaranyaka oldest
Brahmanas
Total 7 Padya to gadya
Aitraya , kaushitaki rigveda
Chandogya - samaveda
Shatapada - yajurveda
Gopatha brahmana - athrava veda
Vedangas
Total 6 first to study vedas we need dictionary and phonetics
Shiksha( phonetics) -
Kalpa( rituals)
Nirukta(dictionary etymology
Chandas ( matrix deal with rhythm
Vyakaran( grammar)
Jyotishya ( astrology)
Vivahas
Brahma (arranged same caste
Daiva( pujariki priest
Prajapatya( no dowry
Arsa ( cow as a dowry
Asura( kanyashulkam gurajada konukkovadam bride purchase
Gandharv( love marriage kings
raksasa( elopement, ettukoni teskoni
Paisacha( abduction, mattu ichi cheskovadam
Puranas
18
Matysa puranam( vishnu 10 avataras, satavahana time period, yagna sri shatakarni, yugas 4 present kaliyugam,
Early vedic civilisation
Bc 1500 to 1000
Later 1000 to 600
Due to life difference
2 to 7 oldest mandls early , no caste system
1,10 youngest later veda was written varna system
Social
Economical
Political
Religious 4 reasons to divide
Social conditions
Early :
Men and female equal
No varna
Kulapa( head of family
Prajapati( head of land
Later vedic
Men domination
Varna system
Anuloma ( higher men lower women
Pratiloma ( higher women lower men not accaepted)
No evidence of coins
Economic conditions
Early,
Animal husbandry, milk production,iron not known, gavisti( battle for cow)
Later
Agriculture, trading, they know iron, wheat and barley, rice( rigveda vihiri
Vitasta name of river
Jhelum
Chinab askini
Beas bipas
Sutlej saturdi. Ravi parushini
Later vedic didi trade they used coins
Silver coins mentioned nishka, shakamana, karshapana, satapadha brahamana mentioned
Political causes
Early, rajan ( ruler,)
4 council to advise rajan,
sabha ( important family heads
Samiti( all family heads
Gana( war council
Vidatha(women council
Later
Rajan head but no councils
Advise ( he appointed some members,
Mukhya pradhan ( pm
Pradhvivaka ( cj
Bhagadutha ( tax collector
Sanga hitri ( treasurer
Political causes
Early, rajan ( ruler,)
4 council to advise rajan,
sabha ( important family heads
Samiti( all family heads
Gana( war council
Vidatha(women council
Later
Rajan head but no councils
Advise ( he appointed some members,
Mukhya pradhan ( pm
Pradhvivaka ( cj
Bhagadutha ( tax collector
Sanga hitri ( treasurer
Religion causes
Early: indra( purandhara, jitendra, sompa war god
Varuna ( water
Agni ( fire
Savitri(gayatri 3 rd
Later :
Brahma creator (
Vishnu protector
Shiva destroyer
Directions and names
North kubera south yama
East indra west varuna
Purusha medha male sacrifice
Shatapatha brahmana
Sangrahiyri
Treasurer
Vedic sacrifice and rituals
Yajurved
Collection of vedic sanskrit hymns
Rigveda
Tratement of diseases
Atharvaveda also called brahma veda
