What is Bhagavad Gita?

Bhagavad Gita is a collection shlokas in Mahabharata. Arjuna refused to fight the war, and Lord Krishna told him the nature of life on earth and made him fight the war.

Bhagavad Gita has become a sacred text by itself and Mahatma Gandhi used to refer to it often.

What is Ramayana?

Ramayana is called itihasa. It is history. It is story of Rama, son of King Dasaratha. Rama is considered as incarnation of God.

He killed Ravana, a rakshasa.

What are Aranyakas?

Aranyakas are also part of Vedas and they contain discourses of rishis and their disciples settled in forests after their active life.

What are Brahmanas?

Brahmanas contain how to use mantras in various rituals.

Yagnas are the big rituals.

What are Upanishads?

Upanishads are answers to questions?

Hence there is explanation in them regarding nature, God and Soul.

What are Puranas?

Puranas are the ancient books of Hindus that contain the story of creation and maintenance of the world.

The main puranas are eighteen in number and many sub-texts are also available.

Mahabhagavatam is an important purana.

All were authored by Ved Vyasa.

What are Vedas?

The word Veda in Sanskrit comes from the root vid which mean knowledge. Vedas are the sacred books of Hindus and they are believed to be divine revelation and discoveries by rishis or sages are great penance and meditation.

Vedas contain samhita portion, aranyaka portion, brahmana portion and upanishads.