Vedas
There are 4 Vedas in Hinduism namely Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharveda.
Brahamns
These divine scriptures give the explainations of the vedic hymes. There are many Brahamns related to each vedas.
Rigveda: Aitareya and Kaushitaki
Yajurveda: Taittiriya and Satapatha
Samaveda: Jemineya and Panchvish
Atharveda: Gopatha
Aranyaks
Meaning of the word 'Aranya' is forest. They provide guidance to especially hermits and student living in forest so these text were named as Aranyaks.
Upanishadas
There are 108 upanishadas which focuses on right knowledge. They criticise rituals or Karmakanda. The word Upanishada means the knowledge (vidya) learned by sitting near a realised teacher(Guru). The Brihadaranyaka upanishada is the oldest one. They are also known as the Vedanta.
Smritis
Emanate rules and regulations of vedic life. Some of them are Manusmriti(the first srmiti), Naradasmriti, Yajnavalkyasmriti and Parasharasmriti.
Vedangas
In order to understand the divine Vedas correctly, it's essential to study the Vedangas. So, it is also called the limbs of Vedas. The 6 Vedangas are namely:
- Shiksha (Pronounciation)
- Kalpa (Rituals)
- Vyakaran (Grammar)
- Nirukta (Etymology)
- Chhanda (Metrics)
- Jyotish (Astrology)
Puranas
They are elaborated explainations of the Vedas which deals with the creation of universe, the geneology of rishis and royal dynasties. There are 18 puranas. Most famous is the SrimadBhagvat mahaPurana and the oldest is the Matsya Purana.
Darshana
There are 6 major philosophy in Hinduism called Shada-Darshana. They are listed below with there originators.
Nyaya Darshana - Gautam
Vaishesika Darshana - Kanda Rishi
Sankhya Darshana - Kapila
Yoga Darshana - Patanjali
Purva Mimansa - Jaimini
Uttar Mimansa - Badrayna or Vyasa
Upavedas
There 4 Upavedas:-
Upaveda Content Extraction from
Dhanurveda Art of warfare Yajurveda
Gandharva-veda Art of music Samaveda
Shilpaveda Architecture Atharvaveda
Ayurveda Medicine Rigveda
Epics
There are two main epics in sanatan dharm, the Ramayana (29,000 verses) of Valmiki and the Mahabharata (1,00,000 verses) of Ved- Vyas. The Mahabharata is also called Satasahasri Samhita.
