ldc previous question and related facts

1.Gayatri mantra is derived from which veda

(LD clerk 2003 alappuzha)

ans:

Rigveda

related facts

•   Vyasa classified the vedas into four parts.  

•  So he known as Veda Vyasa

• The author of mahabharatha.

• The four vedas are Rig veda,yajur veda,samaveda,Atharvaveda.

• Rigveda is the oldest extant Indic text.

• Rigveda is a collection of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns

• samaveda-----music 

 

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