कला

Rugved

Samved

Yajurved

Atharvaved

Arthashastra

: An ancient Indian Hindu treatise on statecraft, economic policy and

military strategy which identifies its author by the names Kautilya and

Vishnugupta.

Dhanurved

: The term derives from the words for bow (dhanushya) and knowledge (veda),

literally the "science of archery".

Gandharvaveda

: An ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts, encompassing theatre,

dance and music.

Ayurveda

: The word ayurveda consists of the words ayus, meaning

"longevity", and veda, meaning "related to knowledge" or

"science". Thus Ayurveda is the science of life.

Shiksha

: Shiksha is one of the six Vedangas, treating the traditional Hindu science

of phonetics and phonology of Sanskrit. Its aim is the teaching of the

correct pronunciation of the Vedic hymns and mantras.

Kalpa

: One of the six disciplines of Vedanga, treating ritual.

Vyakaran

: The Sanskrit grammatical tradition of vyakarana is one of the six Vedanga

disciplines. It has its roots in late Vedic India, and includes the famous

work, Astadhyayi, of Panini.

Nirukta

: Nirukta ("explanation, etymological interpretation") is one of

the six Vedanga disciplines of Hinduism, treating etymology, particularly of

obscure words, especially those occurring in the Vedas. The discipline is

traditionally attributed to Yaska, an ancient Sanskrit grammarian. In

practical use, nirukta consists of brief rules (sutras) for deriving word

meanings, supplemented with glossaries of difficult or rare Vedic words.

Chhanda

: In Sanskrit, it refers to the study of Vedic meter in Classical Sanskrit

poetry.

Jyotish

: Jyotisa (Sanskrit jyotisa, from jyotis- "light, heavenly body":

also anglicized Jyotish and Jyotisha) is the Hindu system of astrology (also

known as Indian astrology, Hindu astrology, and of late, Vedic astrology).

Traditionally, it has three branches -

1.

Siddhanta : traditional Indian astronomy.

3.

Hora : Predictive astrology based on analysis of natal horoscopes and the

moment a query is made.

2a.

Samhita

2b.

Medini Jyotisha (mundane astrology) : Predicting important events based on

analysis of astrological dynamics in a country's horoscope or general transit

events such as war, earthquakes, political events, financial positions,

electional astrology; house and construction related matters (Vastu Shastra),

animals, portents, omens etc.