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Sacred Music – ep.1 “Vedas: Rg Veda”

In the first episode of this show, I talk about the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, the Vedas. The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.

There are four Vedas: the Rgveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. Today I focus on the oldest Veda which is Rg Veda.

Where and when was the RgVeda composed? What makes the Vedic tradition unique amongst other religious tradition? How did sound and music play a vital part in the preservation of the Vedas? Let us explore.

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