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Created page with "== Origins and Historical Development == The Vedas (Vedic period texts) are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. The Vedas are apauruṣeya ("not of human agency"), implying that they were revealed, and thus are called śruti ("what is heard"). Vedic texts are sometimes called śruti literature, distingu..."
