Question

Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between the Vedic texts and the Vedas?

A. The Vedas were based on the teachings in the Vedic texts.
B. Vedic texts contained the same sacred hymns as the Vedas.
C. The Vedas described how Aryans should use the Vedic texts.
D. Vedic texts were a collection of thoughts about the Vedas.

Answer 1

D. Vedic texts were a collection of thoughts about the Vedas.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The Vedas being a larger body of the religious texts have developed in ancient India in Vedic Sanskrit, and makes up the oldest layer of the Sanskrit literature and the scripture of Hinduism.

• Originated as back as 1500 BC and consists of the Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and the Older Mukhya Upanishads and the era texts as the Shrauta Sutras and the Gryha Sutras. The four main types of Vedas are Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda , and the Atharvaveda.