Chathurveda Samhitha

The Chathurveda Samhitha (Sanskrit चतुवदसंिहता 2.3 Popular misconceptions about the con-
Malayalam ചതുര് േവദസംഹിത) is a set of the four tents of Vedas
books making up the Chatur Veda Samhita, a compila-
tion of all four Veda Mantras with many detailed studies 1. Vedas are written by Humans (Rishis), not of divine
in Malayalam.[1][2] origin .
2. It is commonly believed that Vedas are three in num-
ber, not four. Many consider only Rig Veda, Yajur
1 Etymology Veda and Sama Veda as Vedas. Atharva Veda is
said to have originated recently and is not part of
Chathurveda Samhitha is made of three words - Vedas.[3]
“Chathur”, "Veda" and "Samhitha". “Chathur” meaning
four, “Veda” meaning knowledge and “Samhitha” mean- 3. Vedas contain fearful begging by
ing collection. The detailed meaning of this word is “col- cowherd/shepherds to please the fierce natural
lection of Veda Mantras". forces.
4. Vedas permit meat eating.[4]

2 Vedas 5. Vedas mention about multitude of Gods.

The four Vedas are Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda
and Atharva Veda. They consist of hymns called Mantras
which contain all knowledge in “seed” form (Bheeja
roopa). They are among the oldest known works of litera-
ture, originally passed down via the oral tradition. Many
scholars like Maharishi Dayananda Saraswati state that
the Vedas originated at the beginning of this cycle of cre-
ation 1.97 billion (197 crore) years before, as per Soorya
Sidhantha derived from Atharva Veda.
2.1 General belief
It is popularly believed (by scholars like Shankara) that
Vedas consists of four parts -
1. Mantras or Mantra Samhithas
2.4 About this book
The first time all four Veda Mantra Samhitas were printed
with Swara-Sthana (punctuation for pronunciation) in
Malayalam alphabets was the magum opus work of
Narendra Bhooshan along with various studies on Vedic
subjects.
The language of the Vedas is Vedic Sanskrit (mother of
all languages in the world) which uses special characters
to give proper pronunciation.
3 Volumes
The book is compiled in 4 volumes, each of 1008 pages

2. Brahmanas 3.1 Volume 1

3. Aranyakas • Vedaadyanthangal (Beginning & ends of Vedas)

4. Upanishads • Chatur Veda Paryatanam - a journey through 4

Vedas
• Rigvedadi Bashya Bhoomika
2.2 Reality about Vedas
• Vedadhikara Niroopanam
Vedas consists of Mantra Samhithas only, which believed
to be Apourusheya (Sanskrit अपौ षेय) - not of human ori- • Vaidika Swara Shaashtram
gin but divine creation. Brahmanas and Aranyakas are • Vaidika Yagaswaroopam
basically the same and Upanishads are written by sages
(ancient scholars) as interpretation of Vedas. • Vaidika Vangmayathinte Rooparekha

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3.2 Volume 2
• Rigvedapadanam
• Rigveda Samhita (Devanagari lipi with Swaras
marked & Malayalam script)
• Rishi, Devata, Chandhass, Swaraanukramanika in
Rigveda
• Mantraanukramanika
• Devata concepts in Rigveda - a study

3.3 Volume 3
• Yajurvedapadanam
• Yajurveda Samhita (Devanagari lipi with Swaras
marked & Malayalam script)
• Rishi, Devata, Chandhass, Swaraanukramanika in
Yajurveda
• Devata concepts in Yajurveda
• Samavedapadanam
• Samaveda Samhita (Devanagari lipi with Swaras
marked & Malayalam script)
• Rishi, Devata, Chandhass, Swaraanukramanika in
Samaveda
• Devata concepts in Samaveda

3.4 Volume 4
• Atharvavedapadanam
• Atharvaveda Samhita (Devanagari lipi with Swaras
marked & Malayalam script)
• Rishi, Devata, Chandhass, Swaraanukramanika in
Atharvaveda
• Selected Sooktas with meaning
• Mantraanukramanika

4 References
[1] Narendra Bhooshan. “Vijay Kumar (Jeddah, 14,
Saudi Arabia)'s review of Chatur Veda Samhita”.
Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
[2] "ചതുര്വേദസംഹിത ,chathurvedasamhitha Mathrubhumi ||
books”. Buy.mathrubhumi.com. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
[3] “Misconceptions on Vedas”. VedicGranth.Org. Retrieved
2013-09-05.
[4] “Misconceptions on Vedas”. Satyavidya.org. Retrieved
2013-09-05.
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