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In Vedic Sanskrit, most of the words have one accented syllable, which is traditionally called udātta ("raised") and written with an acute mark ́ in the transcription. The position of that accent in inherited words generally reflects the position of Proto-Indo-European accent , which means it was free and so not phonologically predictable from the shape of the word.
The Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic literature, including the Vedas (c. 1500 –900 BCE), was composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation, which began in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain c. 600 BCE.
Sanskrit grammar. The grammar of the Sanskrit language has a complex verbal system, rich nominal declension, and extensive use of compound nouns. It was studied and codified by Sanskrit grammarians from the later Vedic period (roughly 8th century BCE), culminating in the Pāṇinian grammar of the 4th century BCE.
Vedic Sanskrit is an Indo-European language, more specifically one branch of the Indo-Iranian group. It is the ancient language of the Vedas of Hinduism, texts compiled over the period of the mid- 2nd to mid-1st millennium BCE. [3] It was orally preserved, predating the advent of Brahmi script by several centuries.
Soham or Sohum ( सो ऽहम् so'ham [1]) is a Hindu mantra, meaning "I am" in Sanskrit. [2] [3] In Vedic philosophy it means identifying Brahman with the universe or ultimate Brahman. [2] The mantra is also inverted from so 'ham (the sandhi of saḥ + aham) to ham + sa.
Vedic sanskrit was predominantly an oral language that was eclipsed by classical sanskrit before writing was introduced in India c. 300BCE. It has been preserved only through oral liturgical traditions till the present day, and is for this reason unique as a language preserved largely intact for over 3 millenia without the need for writing. Kris ( talk ) 07:59, 30 November 2008 (UTC) Reply ...
In the Vedic religion, Ṛta ( /ɹ̩t̪ɐ/; Sanskrit ऋत ṛta "order, rule; truth; logos") is the principle of natural order which regulates and coordinates the operation of the universe and everything within it. [1] [note 1] In the hymns of the Vedas, Ṛta is described as that which is ultimately responsible for the proper functioning of ...
