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I came to this article by way of the deleted Veda article, and my question is why the article (which does a good job of covering the shruti/smrti thing) is called 'Vedas'. My suggestion would be that we should have an article on 'the [[sacred texts of Hinduism]]', which could then encompass the RV, the other vedas, the upanisads, the epics, and so forth. We could also have individual articles on each work and perhaps each category of work ([[Sanskrit epics]], e.g.). | |||
I guess what I'm saying in a roundabout way is that there does not seem to me to be a whole lot of justification for considering the "Vedas" as an object of study and an encyclopedia article, in particular considering the heterogeneity of the RV and the later vedas. If I don't hear anything in the next couple of days--especially considering the stub-like nature of the Vedas page, I'm going to move this article to [[sacred texts of Hinduism]] and start other articles on each of the individual vedas. [[User:Brian P. Long|Brian P. Long]] 12:03, 9 February 2008 (CST) | |||
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One more move?
I came to this article by way of the deleted Veda article, and my question is why the article (which does a good job of covering the shruti/smrti thing) is called 'Vedas'. My suggestion would be that we should have an article on 'the sacred texts of Hinduism', which could then encompass the RV, the other vedas, the upanisads, the epics, and so forth. We could also have individual articles on each work and perhaps each category of work (Sanskrit epics, e.g.).
I guess what I'm saying in a roundabout way is that there does not seem to me to be a whole lot of justification for considering the "Vedas" as an object of study and an encyclopedia article, in particular considering the heterogeneity of the RV and the later vedas. If I don't hear anything in the next couple of days--especially considering the stub-like nature of the Vedas page, I'm going to move this article to sacred texts of Hinduism and start other articles on each of the individual vedas. Brian P. Long 12:03, 9 February 2008 (CST)