The Vedas, meaning "knowledge" in Sanskrit, are ancient texts that form the foundation of Hinduism. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit between 1500 and 500 BCE, these texts are the oldest in Hinduism and were ...

India needs to nurture the knowledge of the Vedas and the ancient language of Sanskrit to become a 'vishwa guru', Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Sunday. He said Indian ...

Sanskrit is a language reveled for its complexity in many regards. It is grammatically very complex, has a rich phonemic library, and is considered to be one of the oldest documented languages in the ...

Sanskrit means ‘perfectly made’. It is a language of extraordinary precision. Sanskrit is one of the oldest recorded languages. It developed a most comprehensive linguistic system very early in ...

In a bid towards a special focus on India's legacy, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) will soon get a 'Sanskrit Chair' that will get attached to the Department of Humanities and Social ...

KV Seshadrinatha Sastrigal, 85, is a traditionalist, for whom tradition refers to customs and ceremonials by means of which the past speaks to the present. Traditions, for this scholar, relate ...

Don’t be surprised if you visit a tourist destination in Madhya Pradesh in the near future and find guides chanting mantras to greet you and inform you about the place with excerpts from the vedas.

The Endowment Department came up with the proposal and a committee has now been constituted to look into the feasibility. BENGALURU: Priests at popular temples in the state will soon get to enhance ...