Man his forgetting his ancient vedic literature in the dazzling effects of today's science. Will it be wise to sever all connections with that culture in which one's forefathers have lived?

Man is running away and abstaining from his duties because of the deteriorating decency of behaviour and thoughts. Time has come for man to take a look at himself, his culture and apply the statements from them in his life. He should think about things which will cause upliftment of the society as a whole. Keeping this feeling in mind I would like to present the description of vedic literature and culture as it is described in the Vedas, Upanishadas, Puranas and Granthas.

The history of vedic literature and vedic Sanskrit is very ancient. The ancient literature of India is in Sanskrit. The spread of Sanskrit is connected to the spread of Aryasanskrit. Just as the ancient Sanskrit language lies intact in the Rigveda, in the same way the principle of ancient culture lies intact in the Rigveda. The languages Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujrati etc. have their origin in Sanskrit.

The poem books of Indian Sanskrit are as follows:

A) Samhita section: In this part there are subjects like prayer, praise, blessing and sacrifice etc. The collection of hymns of a single veda are called Samhita. Since they can be heard and they are systematic and grouped together they are called 'Sukta'. There are 4 Samhitas: 1. Rigveda Samhita, 2. Yajurveda Samhita, 3. Samaveda Samhita, 4. Atharvaveda Samhita.

B) Brahmana Section: These are collections of vedic knowledge about sacrifice, rites and rituals whose nomenclature is Brahmana. In these Brahmana books there is detailed definition of the hymns of the Samhita, there is also description of sacrifice.

C) Arayaka: It is called so because it is to be performed away from the human settlement or society. Brahmana literature is for people who indulge in sacrifice and aranyaka is for those who are in the 'Vanaprastha'.