Veda
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spoken of as
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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)
The entire Veda, together with its esoteric texts, must be learned by a twice-born through various special austerities and vows enjoined by the rule.
The Vedas2 mentions
Vīramitrodaya (Sanskrit) · The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (English)
// > One should avoid the time of the demons, for fear of the theft of the Vedas.
in the texts
Manusmṛti
The sacred scripture, described as eternally produced from fire, wind, and sun in threefold form, and preserved by the Brahmana.
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.
A Brāhmaṇa who has fallen from the rule of conduct does not reap the fruit of the Veda;
At the beginning, he created for all beings their distinct names, their distinct actions, and their separate conditions, all from the words of the Veda.
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.
One who knows the four Vedas, one who interprets them, one who knows the auxiliary sciences, a teacher of *dharma*, and three from the chief stages of life—this is a *pariṣad* of at least ten.
This is according to Brāhmaṇas who know the Veda and its auxiliary sciences and who follow the Dharmaśāstras.
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.
which are immeasurable, the Veda is composed, being the very embodiment of Nārāyaṇa.
That alone is *codanā* which is characterized by the indicators found in the *Śruti*, such as the optative mood (Liṅ), the imperative mood (Loṭ), and the gerundive suffix (Tavya)—not that which is enjoined by the Purāṇas (a class of post-Vedic narrative scriptures) or the *Smṛtis* (Codes of Tradition).
*Dharma* is said to be that which is a scriptural injunction (*codanā*);
Vīramitrodaya
The sacred scriptures at the center of the Upākarma consecration rite, and object of the mythic theft-and-recovery narrative.
// > One should avoid the time of the demons, for fear of the theft of the Vedas.
'Upākarma' is the name of the rite that consecrates the Veda.
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.
> These three are the three Vedas, these three are the three gods, / > These three are the three worlds, these three are the three fires.
By the Purāṇas, Itihāsas, ancillary Vedic texts, and Dharmaśāstras he studies, with food.
Therein, by the Ṛg verses he studies, he satisfies his ancestors with clarified butter.
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.