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'''[[Vedic civilization|Vedic]] science''' may refer to a number of disciplines: ancient and modern, [[science|scientific]] and unscientific, [[religion|religious]], [[metaphysics|metaphysical]], [[Hindu]], [[occult]]ist, [[New Age]], [[proto-science|proto-scientific]], or [[Pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] found in or based on the [[Veda]]s (the oldest holy texts of the [[Hindu]] religion, written beginning ca. 1000 BCE).
'''[[Vedic civilization|Vedic]] science''' may refer to a number of disciplines: ancient and modern, [[science|scientific]] and unscientific, [[religion|religious]], [[metaphysics|metaphysical]], [[Hindu]], [[occult]]ist, [[New Age]], [[proto-science|proto-scientific]], or [[Pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] found in or based on the [[Veda]]s (the oldest holy texts of the [[Hindu]] religion, written beginning ca. 1000 BCE).



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Vedic science may refer to a number of disciplines: ancient and modern, scientific and unscientific, religious, metaphysical, Hindu, occultist, New Age, proto-scientific, or pseudoscientific found in or based on the Vedas (the oldest holy texts of the Hindu religion, written beginning ca. 1000 BCE).

Vedic period
  • Vedanga, the six ancient disciplines subservient to the understanding and tradition of the Vedas
  1. Shiksha (śikṣā): phonetics and phonology (sandhi)
  2. Chandas (chandas): meter
  3. Vyakarana (vyākaraṇa): grammar
  4. Nirukta (nirukta): etymology
  5. Jyotisha (jyotiṣa): astrology (Hindu astronomy)
  6. Kalpa (kalpa): ritual
Traditional
Modern


See also