Vedangas

astrology originating from Ancient India

The Vedanga ( ', "limb of the Veda-s"; plural form: वेदाङ्गानि ') are six auxiliary disciplines of Vedic studies that developed in Vedic and post-Vedic times.

thumb|upright=1.25|The opening pages of Yaska's Nirukta Vedanga text (Sanskrit, Devanagari script)

Vedic era study of ritual procedures and ceremonies, one of six Vedangas practiced by Brahmins

thumb|upright=1.25|A page from the Yajnavalkya Shiksha manuscript (Sanskrit, Devanagari). This text is also called Vajasaneyi Shiksha and Traisvarya Lakshana.

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Indian poetic metre

Vedic-era study of poetic metre and verse, one of six Vedangas

' (, ) is a Sanskrit term for a traditional collection of words, grouped into thematic categories, often with brief annotations. Such collections share characteristics with glossaries and thesauri, but are not true lexicons, such as the kośa of Sanskrit literature. Particular collections are also called '.