Surf these sites: American Forum - Ramayana -- Re-telling of this famous story in a shortened form suitable for children Bhagvat Gita -- The entire contents of the Bhagavat gita are presented here in 2 formats (Acrobat & PostScript). Essentials of the Upanishads -- This is a detailed essay on the Upanishads, one of the types of source texts of Vedanta, giving relevant quotes and background information. Hymns from the Rig Veda -- Of the several Vedic texts, the Rig Veda is most fundamental to Indian thought, the others dealing with more particular matters such as the sacrificial formulas, melodies, and magic. Composed over a long period of time and coming into their present form between 1500 and 1000 b.c.e., the Vedic hymns were eventually attributed to the divine breath or to a vision of the seers. Mahabharata -- Mahabharata Narrated by V Lakshmanan. Orality vs. Written Text: Medieval Developments in Vedic Ritual Literature -- In this article my intention is to discuss in a general way the somewhat obscure period of Indian literary and religious history falling between the last phase of the creation of commonly recognised Vedic literature (the Smrti part of it) and the beginnings of the modern scholarship dealing with it. Rama and the Ramayana -- Developed by Jean Johnson, New York University. Synopsis of the Ramayana Story. Ramayana - A Picture Gallery -- Ramayana through Pictures illstrating this famous story Sanskrit Documents -- Very useful site with compilation of Sanskrit Documents in Devanagari display, Etext and Transliterations formats, various tools for learning Sanskrit such as the Online Dictionary, Tutorials, Pronunciation guides, Learning and Processing software and more. The Rig Veda - Selections thereof with Vedic History Resources -- A presentation of some of the more ancient writings of the planet in the form of selected verses from the Rig Veda, with references to other Vedic Resources and in particular the controvery of Vedic History Vedas -- Swami Sivanandaji on the oldest books in the world-The Vedas. Vedavid -- This website was developed out of a need to organize a large amount of data for a dissertation on the early Vedic traditions and texts of Ancient India (c. 1500 b.c.e.). The dissertation, "The Developing Terminology for the Self in Vedic India" is included here in full. It contains some 2,000 links within the text of cross-reference, as well as 100''s of external links to the larger database of Vedic texts at this site Vedic Literature Collection -- Our collection of primary Vedic Literature texts provides an essential resource for the achievement of the Maharishi''s University''s educational goals.
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