viggopji I have something regarding
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I want to know whether words like "yagam","homam","smriti","sruthi" are also from Tamil.
Since Vedas and Upanishads are from Thamizh, do you think philosophy contained in Vedas and Upanishads were originally from Thamiz Nadu?
Vedas is believed to have come directly from Lord Shiva and just compiled together by Veda Vyasar.
What about the names "Rig", "Yajur","Sama" and "atharva"?do they have roots in Tamil?
yaagam is derived from Samskrith root `yaj` means to sacrifice.
homam is also Samskrith from `juh` means offer to fire.
smrthi(memory) is again from Samskrith meaning taken out from memories of learned men(it consists of 18 rishis teaching dharma shastra from their memories from the past scripture).
Shruthi means `heard ones`it`s root is `sru` meaning to hear. these have been the sacred teachings of rishis regarding the daily routines of human beings and their duties, which they have heard from Brahma Deva.
Now secondly, vedas and upanishads are not tamil as said above but pure Samskrith. veda`s root is vid meaning knowledge and upanishad`s root is shad. Neither vedas nor upanishads deal with the philosophical teachings of tamil nadu but both are from ancient times even before tamil was formed(as the mention of vedas is present in tamil because vedas existed before tamil, but can anyone quote any statement regarding the word tamil in either vedas or upanishads?)
Vedas are not from Lord Shiva but from Lord Brahma praising paramatman( the supreme being) from each of his face. the east sided face chanted rg veda, north yajur veda, west sama veda and south atharvana veda. These were learnt by the saptarshis and celestial beings in a whole,and passed on according to guru-shishya parampara(no mention of vedas being written has been made until recent times that is 200bc) but due to the advent of kali eon, people fell short of memory, so, Veda Vyasa divided(not compiled) the vedas again into 4 parts.
Rg veda : root `ruk` meaning chant and `vid`meaning knowledge, so it in total means the knowledge of chants.
Yajur veda: root, remember yaj, from yaagam? same root, this veda deals completely with the knowledge of sacrifices known as yaagas.
Sama veda: meaning the knowledge or science of music which contains the most ancient ragas known as samas.
Atharvana veda: dealing with the science of supernaturals or in easy words magic, wizardry and vashikarana sort of mantras.
and lastly some people read only half the meanings of words. there has never been in ancient times a quarrel amongst Samskrith scholars regarding upanishad, the real meaning given universally is `Upanishad' is derived by adding the prefixes `upa' (near) and `ni'
(with certainty) and the suffix `kvip' to the root `sad' meaning ` to destroy, to go to and
to loosen'. By the word 'Upanishad' is meant the knowledge that destroys the seeds of worldly existence such as ignorance in the case of those seekers of liberation who, after cultivating detachment towards all enjoyments, approach (upa,sad) this knowledge and
then deliberate on it with steadiness and certainty (ni).
So any more doubts, ask me, well if you want the correct meanings. bye.
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