1. Hindu Scriptures THIS CD HAS BEEN PRODUCED FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM. IT IS A CONDITION OF THE USE OF THIS CD THAT IT BE USED ONLY BY THE PEOPLE FROM SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PURCHASED THE CD ROM FROM DIALOGUE EDUCATION. (THIS DOES NOT PROHIBIT ITS USE ON A SCHOOL’S INTRANET). Dialogue Education

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4. Hindu Scriptures Hinduism is based on "the accumulated treasury of spiritual laws discovered by different persons in different times".

5. Hindu Scriptures In post-Vedic and current Hindu belief, most Hindu scriptures are not typically interpreted literally.

6. Hindu Scriptures Most sacred texts are in Sanskrit.

7. Hindu Scriptures In western classical linguistics, Sanskrit occupies a pre-eminent position along with Greek and Latin in Indo- European studies.

8. Hindu Scriptures The corpus of Sanskrit literature encompasses a rich tradition of poetry and drama as well as scientific, technical, philosophical and Hindu religious texts.

9. Hindu Scriptures Sanskrit's greatest influence, presumably, is that which it exerted on languages of India that grew from its vocabulary and grammatical base; for instance, Hindi is a "Sanskritized register" of the Khariboli dialect.

10. Hindu Scriptures Sanskrit is prized as a storehouse of scripture and as the language of prayers in Hinduism.

11. Hindu Scriptures Sanskrit also has influence on Chinese through Buddhist Sutras. Chinese words like 剎那 chànà (Skt. क्षन kṣana 'instantaneous period of time') were borrowed from Sanskrit.

12. Hindu Scriptures The sacred texts are classified into two classes: Shruti and Smriti.

13. Hindu Scriptures Shruti Shruti (lit: that which is heard) primarily refers to the Vedas, which form the earliest record of the Hindu scriptures.

14. Hindu Scriptures Shruti There are four Vedas (called Ṛg-, Sāma-, Yajus- and Atharva-). The Rigveda is the first and most important Veda.

15. Hindu Scriptures Shruti The Rigveda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, a compound of ṛc "praise, verse"[1] and veda "knowledge") is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns.

16. Hindu Scriptures Shruti The Rigveda is one of the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language.

17. Hindu Scriptures Shruti A well known shloka from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is: ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय । तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय । ॐ शान्ति शान्ति शान्ति – बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद् 1.3.28. Translation: Lead Us From the Unreal To the Real Lead Us From Darkness To Light Lead Us From Death To Immortality OM Let There Be Peace Peace Peace. – Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28.

18. Hindu Scriptures Smritis Hindu texts other than the Shrutis are collectively called the Smritis (memory).

19. Hindu Scriptures Smritis The most notable of the smritis are the epics, which consist of the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa.

20. Hindu Scriptures The Bhagavad Gītā, spoken by Krishna, is described as the essence of the Vedas.

21. Hindu Scriptures A well known verse from Bhagavad Gita describing a concept in Karma Yoga is explained as follows[145][146] To action alone hast thou a right and never at all to its fruits; let not the fruits of action be thy motive; neither let there be in thee any attachment to inaction. (2.47)

22. # Brick, David. “Transforming Tradition into Texts: The Early Development of Smrti.” ‘‘Journal of Indian Philosophy’’ 34.3 (2006): 287–302. # Clooney, Francis X. Why the Veda Has No Author: Language as Ritual in Early Mīmā ṃ sā and Post-Modern TheologyJournal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Winter, 1987). # Coburn, Thomas, B. Scripture" in India: Towards a Typology of the Word in Hindu Life Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Sep., 1984), # Davis, Jr. Donald R. Forthcoming. The Spirit of Hindu Law. # Flood, Gavin. 1997. An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge U.P. # Müller, Max. 1867. Chips from a German Workshop. “Lecture on the Vedas or the Sacred Books of the Brahmans, Delivered at Leeds, 1865”. Oxford University Press # Gupta, Ravi M. 2007. Caitanya Vaisnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami. # Jho, Chakradhar. 1987. History and Sources of Law in Ancient India Ashish Publishing House. # Lingat, Robert. 1973. The Classical Law of India. Trans. J. Duncan M. Derrett. Berkeley: University of California Press. # Rocher, Ludo. “Hindu Conceptions of Law.” ‘‘Hastings Law Journal’’ 29.6 (1978): 1284– 1305. # Wikipedia- Hindu Scriptures- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism#Scriptures