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Sacred Hindu Scriptures
- Shruti
- Smriti
- Agama
- Miscellaneous
Shruti
Vedas
- Rig Veda
- Yajur Veda
- Atharva Veda
- Sama Veda
These four books are further divided into the following -
- Samhitas – which means the collections of chants and mantras. They make the Veda.
- Brahmanas – prayer guide manuals for the priests. And they also contain stories of ancient times.
- Aranyakas – are the forest books for the saints. These are moral papers.
- Upanishads – this is the book of philosophy. It is also called Vedangas.
The Principal thirteen Upanishads, related to the Vedas -
- Aitareya Upanishad
- Kaushitaki Upanishad
- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
- Isha Upanishad
- Taittiriya Upanishad
- Katha Upanishad
- Shvetashvatara Upanishad
- Maitrayaniya Upanishad
- Chandogya Upanishad
- Kena Upanishad
- Mundaka Upanishad
- Mandukya Upanishad
- Prashna Upanishad
Up Vedas
- Ayurveda
- Gandharva Veda
- Dhanurveda
- Shilpaveda
Vedangas
- Kalpa - contains the ritual details
- Siksha - means pronunciation
- Vyakarana - means grammar
- Nirukti - means etymology
- Chandas - means metre
- Jyotisha - means astrology.
Smriti
1. Dharma Shastras
- Manu Smriti
- Yajnyavalka Smriti
- Parashar Smriti
- Other 25+ Smritis
2. Itihaas
The Ramayana
- Valmiki Ramayana
- Ramcharitra Manas
- Ramavataram (Kamban Ramayan)
Other
- The Mahabharata (All Parvas + Bhagwat Geeta)
- Other types of Geeta (Mainly 5 types)
3. Puranas
18 Mahapuranas
- Agni Puran
- Bhagavata Mahapuran
- Brahma Mahapuran
- Brahmanda Puran
- Brahmavaivarta Puran
- Garuda Puran
- Kurma Puran
- Linga Puran
- Matsya Puran
- Markandeya Puran
- Naradeeya Puran
- Padma Puran
- Shiva Puran
- Skanda Puran
- Vamana Puran
- Varaha Puran
- Vayu Puran
- Vishnu Puran
4. 18 UpaPuranas
5. Additional UpaPuranas
Agama
Vedic
- Vaishnav
- Shakta
- Shaiva
- (and others like Saurya Ganpatya etc.)
Non-Vedic
- Non-Vedic Shakta
- Non-Vedic Shaiva
- Vamachari Agamas
Miscellaneous
- Natya Shastra
- Vastu Shastra
- Niti Shastra
- Vaimanika
- Kavya
- Ganita
Kalas (64)
Sutra Texts
- Kautilya Arthashastra
- Kamasutra
- Others
Darshana
- Nyaya
- Vaisheshika
- Sankhya Yog
- Purva Mimansa
- Uttar Mimansa
Enhance Articles
- Vedas
- Shrimad Bhagwat Gita
- The Mahabharata
- Sama Veda
- Vajrasuchi Upanishad
- Hindu Scriptures
- Shulba Sutras
- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Readings
The list of readings mentioned below is suggestive (you may use authentic references that aren't in the list as well), and inexhaustible - indicating that more readings in the form of book titles, research papers, and articles can be added to the readings list as the project progresses further.
Please do contribute to expanding the range of readings to facilitate more fact-based and objective content for articles under this project.
The Open-Source books in the list below are interlinked (green external links), and can be accessed for free by clicking on them. Doing so shall redirect you to the soft copy of the title.
- History of Sanskrit Literature - C. V. Vaidya
- Gita Press Publications, Gorakhpur
- Index to the History of Dharmashastras - P. V Kane
- On the Meaning of the Mahabharata - V. S Sukthankar
- The Mahabharata - V. S Sukthankar
- Ghate's Lectures on Rig Veda - V. S Sukthankar
- History of Dharmasastras - 5 Volumes - P. V Kane
- Ram Charitra Manas - Goswami Tulsidas
- Valmiki Ramayana
- Kamban Ramayana
- Books and Publications - Australian Council of Hindu Clergy
- Mahabharata by Ved Vyas
- Ramayana of Valmiki : Abridged - C. V. Vaidya
- Mahabharata: A Criticism - C. V. Vaidya
- Mahabharata: Abridged - C. V. Vaidya
- Epic India: India as Described in the Ramayana and Mahabharata - C. V. Vaidya
- The Riddle of the Ramayana - C. V. Vaidya
