WHAT ARE THE VEDAS?

The Veda is an immaterial. The word 'Veda' means knowledge, which is derived from the face of Parameshwara. Veda is the source of such theology. The Vedas are the knowledge base for India. It is a collection of numerous visions that have arisen from an enormous ocean-like library.

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|| Nendriyani Imanam Veda Hainam Vedayanti Tasmadahurwada Iti Pippalashruthi ||

Translation: The soul cannot know the senses. Doubt cannot be known. But he is only known by the Vedas.

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Pippala's verse makes it clear that these visions became known as Vedas. Kheeraswamy, a critic of the Amarasa, says that "the last dharma is the Dharmam Veda". We know religion by this. So that also means Veda. The Vedas are derived from the words. 

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"Nirshrayasakarni Karmani Avedaantiti Veda" which gives moksha.

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How are Vedas Organized?

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Yajnavalkya undertook a massive exercise of organizing the entire corpus of the Vedas. This organization led to the following (excerpt from Samskrutha Bharathi text book - Pravesha)

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Vedas are four - Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharvana Veda. Each Veda is further sub-divided into 4 parts: 1. Samhita 2. Brahmana 3. Aranyaka 4. Upanishad. Another way to sub-divide the same Vedic corpus is to identify the Karma Kanda and Jnana Kanda.

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Rig Veda is the oldest literary treatise in the world.

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