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The Vedanga ( vedāṅga, "member of the Veda") are six auxiliary disciplines traditionally associated with the study and understanding of the Vedas.

1. Shiksha (śikṣā): phonetics and phonology (sandhi)
2. Kalpa (kalpa): ritual
3. Vyakarana (vyākaraṇa): grammar
4. Nirukta (nirukta): etymology
5. Chandas (chandas): meter
6. Jyotisha (jyotiṣa): astronomy for calendar issues, such as auspicious days for performing sacrifices.

Traditionally, vyākaraṇa and nirukta are common to all four Vedas, while each veda has its own śikṣā, chandas, kalpa and jyotiṣa texts.

The Vedangas are first mentioned in the Mundaka Upanishad (at 1.1.5) as subjects for students of the Vedas. Later, they developed into independent disciplines, each with its own corpus of Sutras.

[edit] Literature

• Moritz Winternitz: Geschichte der Indischen Literatur, Leipzig, 1905 - 1922, Vol. I - III. English translation: History of Indian Literatur, Motilal Barnarsidass, Delhi, 1985, Vol I - III

[edit] See also

• Post-Vedic literature

[edit] External links

• Vedanga on the online Hindu Encyclopedia

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