VEDA
VEDA (excerpts from the book " Fundamentals of Hindu Culture" written by M.N. Singh) The term Veda means knowledge, true or sacred knowledge. Veda does not denote any single book. It denotes an entire literature in different branches closely connected with each other. They are the oldest literature in the world. In the Vedas we find reflexes of laws and thoughts containing divine wisdom and also the thread which connects the present with the past. The Vedas are of perpetual interest and ever increasing value, not only due to their great antiquity, but also for the vast flood of light they throw on the early state of the Aryan society, speech and general mythology. They are the holy books which are the foundation of the Hindu Dharma religion, law, code of conduct and Hindu culture almost in all its aspects. The Vedas are traditionally claimed to be Apaurusheya that is to say that they are not the composition of any human agency, but have existed from the beginning o...