The Aranyakas primarily focus on the yaagas and yajnaas. The subject matter was kamyeshties which are meant for prosperity, wealth, power, and so on. In short these yaagas and yajnaas are for making life happy and prosperous, for the family members, kings, village heads and also for great or rich men . The next branch of Indian knowledge is compiled are known as Aaranyakaas. Aaranyaka means ‘ that is connected with forest’. The rituals which are to be performed by those who are going to vaana prastha. (after the family life and giving the responsibility of the family to the grown up children). While living in forest, many rituals are to be performed with the available materials in the forest. These rituals are not for name, fame or prosperity. They are meant for leaving the life happily (moksha) without any bondage. Hence they are known as moksheshti. The yaagas which lead for moksha or detachment. Here comes the philosophy, the meaning, bondage, attachment, jnaana, bhakti, karma, dharma, Vedas, upanishads, psychology, divinity, brahma saaakshaath kaaram, brahma jnaanam, ultimate truth and relative truth, sensory organs, functional organs etc., connected with life. Because these subjects are the part and parcel of Indian philosophy and hence leading to upanishadic knowledge through aaranyaka texts. there are Rgvedic and Yajurvedic aranyakaas. No Aaranyakas for sama Veda and Atharva Veda. However subject matters of aaranyakas are dealt in the last part of many of the brahmanas of samaveda and also in the Gopatha brahmana of Atharvaveda.
Rigvedeeya aaranyakas. They are Aitareya aaranyaka and kousheetakee aaranyaka, Yajurvedeeya aaranyakas are maithraayaneeya aaranyaka and Thaithireeya aaranyaka. For the modern man, the aranyakas do not have much relevance, in the day to day life as they are meant for vaanaprasthaasrami and almost the subject matters deal with yaagas. Still we are presenting the abstract of the aaranyakas exclusively for getting an outline of such type of literature, existing as a part of Vedas.
Yajurvedeeya aranyaka: Next we enter into the yajurvedeeya aranyaka . There are no aranyakas for the Sukla yajurveda. Maithraayaneeya aranyaka and thaithireeya aranyka are the two aranykas for the Krishna yajurveda. In the former, the first part discusses about the significance of the spiritual and sanyasa life by narrating the story of King Bruhadratha, who gave up all his belonging and country and went for sanyasa and attained moksha.
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Rigvedeeya aaranyakas. They are Aitareya aaranyaka and kousheetakee aaranyaka, Yajurvedeeya aaranyakas are maithraayaneeya aaranyaka and Thaithireeya aaranyaka. For the modern man, the aranyakas do not have much relevance, in the day to day life as they are meant for vaanaprasthaasrami and almost the subject matters deal with yaagas. Still we are presenting the abstract of the aaranyakas exclusively for getting an outline of such type of literature, existing as a part of Vedas.
Yajurvedeeya aranyaka: Next we enter into the yajurvedeeya aranyaka . There are no aranyakas for the Sukla yajurveda. Maithraayaneeya aranyaka and thaithireeya aranyka are the two aranykas for the Krishna yajurveda. In the former, the first part discusses about the significance of the spiritual and sanyasa life by narrating the story of King Bruhadratha, who gave up all his belonging and country and went for sanyasa and attained moksha.
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