Veda
object · 8 works · 15 mentions · 23 anchored passages
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spoken of as
3 expressionsVedas4 mentions
Parāśara Smṛti (Sanskrit) · Viṣṇu Smṛti (Sanskrit) · Vīramitrodaya (Sanskrit) · The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (English)
A *dvija* of the highest order who is bitten by wolves, dogs, jackals, or the like, should bathe and recite the Gāyatrī, the sacred mother of the Vedas.
The Veda2 mentions
Manusmṛti (Sanskrit)
A best of the twice-born, wishing to perform *tapas*, should constantly study the Veda;
The Vedas2 mentions
Vīramitrodaya (Sanskrit) · The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (English)
'Upākarma' is the name of the rite that consecrates the Veda.
in the texts
Manusmṛti
The sacred scripture, described as eternally produced from fire, wind, and sun in threefold form, and preserved by the Brahmana.
A Brāhmaṇa who has fallen from the rule of conduct does not reap the fruit of the Veda;
From fire, wind, and the sun, he milked forth the triple eternal Veda—distinguished as Ṛc, Yajus, and Saman—for the accomplishment of the sacrifice.
By his origin from the highest limb, by his seniority, and by his preservation of the Veda, the Brāhmaṇa is by right the lord of this whole creation.
Parāśara Smṛti
The Vedic scriptures, whose knowledge (alongside auxiliary sciences) is treated as the essential qualification distinguishing true Brāhmaṇas from nominal ones.
Thus, those who know the *śruti* and *smṛti* understand the measure of a *droṇa* and *āḍhaka* of food.
This is according to Brāhmaṇas who know the Veda and its auxiliary sciences and who follow the Dharmaśāstras.
As a eunuch is fruitless with women, as a barren cow is fruitless, and as a gift to an ignorant person is fruitless, so is a Brāhmaṇa without the Veda fruitless.
Tarkasaṃgraha
Scripture spoken by the Lord, treated as unconditionally valid verbal testimony.
The Vedic, since it is spoken by the Lord, is entirely a valid means of knowledge.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The threefold Vedic textual corpus, invoked as a scriptural authority whose questioning must not cause harm.
from that wrong, O lord of Śacī, may the questioned Veda not harm me.
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The revealed scripture treated as the supreme source of dharma and purification, identified with the deity Nārāyaṇa.
**The Glory of the Veda**
*Dharma* is said to be that which is a scriptural injunction (*codanā*);
which are immeasurable, the Veda is composed, being the very embodiment of Nārāyaṇa.
Vīramitrodaya
The sacred scriptures at the center of the Upākarma consecration rite, and object of the mythic theft-and-recovery narrative.
'Upākarma' is the name of the rite that consecrates the Veda.
// > One should avoid the time of the demons, for fear of the theft of the Vedas.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
The sacred scriptural corpus (Ṛg, Yajur, Sāma, Ātharvaṇa Vedas) that structures the entire education, study-taboo, and family-veneration passages of this section.
By the Sāma verses, with milk.
Then, the ancillary Vedic texts.
By the Yajur verses, with honey.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
General body of scripture invoked as a legitimate source for love- and vigour-producing knowledge.
"The means of producing love and sexual vigour should be learnt from the science of medicine, from the Vedas, from those who are learned in the arts of magic, and from confidential relatives.