Pre-Study: What to Study
2 Subtopics · 27 ConceptsVedic Literature — The Shruti Tradition
Shruti and Smriti
Importance 4/5 What to StudyRigveda
Importance 4/5 What to StudySamaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda
Importance 3/5 What to StudyBrahmanas and Aranyakas of the Four Vedas
Importance 2/5 What to StudyBrihadaranyaka and Chandogya Upanishads
Importance 3/5 What to StudyMundaka and Mandukya Upanishads
Importance 4/5 What to StudyVedangas — Six Auxiliary Sciences
Six Vedangas and Their Subjects
Importance 3/5 What to StudyKey Texts of Shiksha, Chandas, Vyakarana, Nirukta and Jyotisha
Importance 2/5 What to StudyKalpa Sutras (Shrauta, Grihya and Dharma Sutras)
Importance 2/5 What to StudyUpavedas — Four Secondary Vedas
Four Upavedas and Their Subjects
Importance 3/5 What to StudyUpavedas and Their Parent Vedas
Importance 2/5 What to StudyItihasa — Ramayana and Mahabharata
Valmiki's Ramayana
Importance 3/5 What to StudyRegional and Southeast Asian Ramayanas
Importance 3/5 What to StudyVyasa's Mahabharata
Importance 3/5 What to StudyBhagavad Gita and the Prasthanatrayi
Importance 3/5 What to StudyPuranic Literature
Panchalakshana of a Purana
Importance 3/5 What to StudyEighteen Mahapuranas and the Bhagavata Purana
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Classical Sanskrit Kavya and Drama
Five Great Mahakavyas
Importance 3/5 What to StudyKalidasa's Works
Importance 4/5 What to StudyAshvaghosa
Importance 3/5 What to StudyBanabhatta
Importance 3/5 What to StudyGrammar, Lexicography and Poetics
Panini, Katyayana and Patanjali (Trimuni)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyPatanjali the Grammarian vs Patanjali the Yogi
Importance 3/5 What to StudyAmarasimha's Amarakosha
Importance 2/5 What to StudyBharata's Natyashastra and Abhinavagupta's Rasa Theory
Importance 4/5 What to StudyDhvani and Vakrokti Theories of Poetry
Importance 2/5 What to StudyKavyaprakasha and Sahityadarpana
Importance 1/5 What to Study