Later Vedic Flashcards
What is the collection of Vedic hymns and mantras called?
Samhita
What is Sama Veda Samhita?
Prayers or Rig Veda Set to tune modified collection was known as Sama Veda Samhita.
What is Yajur Veda Samhita?
Contains hymns+rituals
What is Atharva Veda Samhita?
Charms & spells to ward off evil and disease.
What followed the Vedic Samhita?
Series of texts called Brahmanas. Considered later Vedic as well. It contains ritualistic Formula and explain the social and religious meaning of rituals.
Who were panchalas in later Vedic times?
Occupied middle portion of Doab (Ganga-Yamuna).
What are Shyama or Krishna ayas?
Iron metal which was extensively used in later Vedic times.
What were the chief means of livelihood in Rig Vedic and later Vedic times?
Pastoralist and agricultural respectively
What was rice called in Vedic texts?
Vrihi
Name the four types of pottery in later Vedic times
1) Black and red ware
2) black-slipped ware
3) PGW
4) red ware
Name the “photo-urban” sites of later Vedic period
Hastinapur and Kaushambi.
Explain nature of polity in this period
Tribal authority tended to become territorial; dominant tribes gave their names to territories. “Rashtra” word appears in this period.
Describe the terms rajasuya, ashvamedha, vajapeya, and sangrihitri
Sacrifice performed by king, unquestioned control over area where horse ran, chariot race, officer that collected taxes and tributes.
What text enumerates on the various positions and restrictions of Varnas in later Vedic society?
Aitareya brahmana
What did the following Gods represent: prajapati, Rudra, Vishnu, pushan
Creator; god of animals; preserver and protector of people; god of shudras
