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Texts related to Vedic svaras/accents and comments on them (svaramaJNjarii, vaidikasvarapaddhati, pratishAkhya-s, vedic anusvAra etc.) are given in the learning tools section. Links to books Vaidika Svara Mimamsa and svara prakriyA prakAsha, vaidika svara samIkShA are useful. Hindi article vaidika svara kA eka parichaya by padmanAryAyaNa AchArya.

Encyclopaedia of Hinduism provides details of nearly 30 suktas. http://eoh.rkmathbangalore.org/search/field/?word=sukta. Also, there are lists compiled for sUktas from from Rigveda and Atharvaveda. Pandit Satwalekar has provided "Atharvaveda kA subodh bhAShya" with Hindi meanings. If you are interested in separating them individually, or interested in encoding additional sUktas with Vedic accents, please send a message to (sanskrit at cheerful dot c om).

All four Vedas: ऋग्वेदः, सामवेदः, अथर्ववेदः, यजुर्वेदः (Rigveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda, Yajurveda )

  • English translations of all four Vedas by Dr. Tulsi Ram Sharma are available at following links 1, 2, or individually, Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda.

  • Gayatri Pariwar has another set of online scanned copies of Rigveda, Shukla Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda, and Vedanta darshan with Sanskrit text and Hindi translation, among many other documents.

  • gatewayforindia.com Vedas section has audio of all four Vedas for download. The site also gives all the sUktas in Devanagari and IAST display.

  • Download all four Veda texts and concordance from http://fourvedas.webs.com. The files are taken from Vedicreserve from MUM, Digital Library of India, GRETIL, and elsewhere.

  • Audio MP3 files of all four Vedas are available at http://iish.org/ on Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage (IISH) site. See "Vedas - Complete Collection" for links on the top right. All are posted on archive org for online listening and downloads.

  • vedamu.org by Sri Sathya Sai Veda Pratishtan, Hyderabad, India has all Vedas recorded in .wma format in various categories including Samhita, Krama, Ghana. The site is a very good resource for audio as well as Sanskrit related texts. At present, the audio of Sri Rudram Namakam (15m) Chamakam (9m), Manyu Suktam (5m), Purusha Suktam (7m), Sri Suktam (6m), Mantra Pushpam (13m), Laghunyasam are available for download.

  • The site http://www.vedicgranth.org/ has comprehensive information and links related to all Vedas. There are downloadable (in subpages) commentaries, bhAShya, in Gujarati, from Aryasamaj, translated from Swami Dayananda Saraswati's commentaries. See also Online institutions related to Vedic literature. Virendra Agarwal has compiled Rigveda VedicGranth.Org - RigVed.zip in Excel with classification as follows. 1) All ways of Mantra Numbering - (a) Mandal - Sukta Mantra (b) Ashtak Adhyaya Varga Mantra (c) Mandal Anuvaak Mantra, 2) Rishi, 3) Devata, 4) Mantra, 5) Swar, 6) The Mantra in Sanskrit with and without accent marks (Unicode text - readable on all computers without downloading sanskrit fonts; copiable anywhere; low space), 6) Mantra Transliteration in English with and without accent marks 7) Mantra Pada Path in Sanskrit (very essential for correct interpretation) with and without accent marks 8) Mantra Pada Path in English.

    There is a DVD produced of all the books including Veda translations, correspondences, articles, in fact complete works of Maharshi Dayananda Saraswati. See the pamphlet in PDF and Word DOC with additional contact details.

  • Tamil translation of all four Vedas is available at http://www.vedicgranth.org/home/the-great-authors/mr-jambunathan. (The pdf files for Vedas are attached at the bottom of the page ==> Veda . On the right side of each attached file -there is a down arrow. Click to download.) These books are authored by Pandit MR Jambunathan (~20 books in pdf) . They are also available on Scribd.

  • Hindi commentaries on all four Vedas by Jaydev Sharma (235mb) is linked from http://hinduebooks.blogspot.com/2011/03/four-vedas-sanskrit-text-with-hindi.html , also posted on archive.org.

  • Delhi Sanskrit Academy has all four Veda downlodable e-books texts in well-formatted manner. In addition, ebooks for Geeta, Sanskrit Vakya Prabodh of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, and Swayameva_Sanskrit_Shikshanam book of conversational Sanskrit are available.

  • The English translations four Vedas from at sacred-texts are compiled in a single file at https://archive.org/details/FourVedasEnglishTranslation.

  • Translations of all four Vedas with commentary by R. L. Kashyap are available at https://vedah.com as well although it is a pricey collection to possess. You can checkout one and then decide if you want to buy them. Listen to him on videos at veda kashyap section on archive.org.

  • Aryasamaj, Jamnagar has online scanned copies of Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda with Sanskrit text and Hindi Bhashya. Other links for Aryasamaj literature are archive.org, http://www.aryamantavya.in/, http://www.vedicgranth.org/, and Aryasamaj elibrary.

  • The MP3 audio files of all Vedas are available at http://www.uppathil.net/ along with information and texts of Vedic Mathematics, Upanishads, stotras, lectures, and articles.

  • Audios of Rigveda, Krishna Yajurveda, Shukla Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharveda are available at https://vedavichara.com, arranged by Kandam, Ashtakams, Suktas, Parvas et cetera.

  • The Vedicreserve of Maharshi Vedic University site prepared Peter Freund has PDFs of all Vedas along with Gandharva Veda, Dhanurveda, Sthapatyaveda and many Sanskrit categories. See Index of Vedic Literature.

  • Vedic Heritage Portal initiated at Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA), under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India is available at http://vedicheritage.gov.in. It contains " Introduction and structure of the Vedas including Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. Recitations / chanting (Veda Paath) of Vedic Samhita practiced in different parts of the country with accent and variations. Recording of eminent scholars for creating awareness and propagation of the Vedic wisdom with their relevance in present day. Textual details of Vedic Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads and Vedangas etc. available in the form of manuscripts and published books. Vedic Rituals based on Shrauta Sutras, in audiovisual format. List of Vedic Scholars and Vedic Learning Centers."

Rigveda ऋग्वेदः

Samaveda सामवेदः

Atharvaveda अथर्ववेदः

Yajurveda यजुर्वेदः

  • Aryasamaj, Jamnagar has online scanned copies of Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda with Sanskrit text and Hindi Bhashya. Other links for Aryasamaj literature are archive.org, http://www.aryamantavya.in/, http://www.vedicgranth.org/, and Aryasamaj elibrary.

  • Gayatri Pariwar has another set of online scanned copies of Rigveda, Shukla Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda, and Vedanta darshan among many other documents.

  • There are 3 samhitas of Krishna Yajurveda namely, Tattiriya, Kathaka and Maitrayani. All links at GRETIL are from TITUS; they have Unicode file of Maitrayi Samhita only - http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gret_utf.htm#MaitrS
    The following site owned by Dr. P. Ramanujam (rama@cdac.in) has all Taittiriya files, but they are not available for download. http://www.parankusa.org/KrYajurBrowse.aspx
    A related discussion at Bharatiya Vidvat Parishad (BVP) is at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/bvparishat/USccD-UqW8g/pEQHONxpHwAJ
    PDF of Yajurveda inTamil is uploaded on archive.org.

  • A portion of Krishna Yajurveda Works (Brahmana and Aranyaka) of the Taittiriya Shakha edited by Subramania Sarma, Chennai (India) is made available at Ulrich Stiehl's http://www.sanskritweb.net/yajurveda/.

  • The Vedicreserve site has complete text along with many other major Sanskrit literature.

  • Krishna Yajurveda with Swaram at http://yajur.veda.tripod.com/ , consists of many Suktas, Yajurveda texts. A volunteer group has entered large number of sUktas and displayed them in PDF formats for Telugu, Sanskrit(Devanagari), Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, and Tamil scripts, all with vedic swaras or accents. Most of these files posted a long time earlier are taken down. The team has been correcting the text and is planning to repost once finalized. Some of these are posted in Google Docs in different format as the site yajur.veda.tripod.com is getting updated.

  • The Vedamahasabha has prepared many Vedic texts at http://vedavms.in/ These texts are mostly for advanced users and chanters so one has to watch for broken words. The collection is impressive and comprehensive though. The introduction states that "The books are not meant for self learning exercise. Veda must be learned through a qualified GURU only. Our Books are for reading and practicising what has been already taught." Contact vedavms at gmail.com. The group (initiated by late Mr. YDN Iyer) supports many informal centers for Veda chanting/learning in Mumbai and Chennai vicinity.

  • shaivam.org has posted audios of Rigveda Krishna yajurveda Shukla yajurveda Samaveda Rudram from four Vedas

  • Find Ajit Krishnan's well prepared compilation of vaidik mantra and upAsanA texts at yAjushratnAkaram, prasiddhamantrasangraha. Explore his file cabinet for various texts and software utilities on http://www.aupasana.com. He has identified variations in svara markings adopted by others on page xvi.

  • http://www.bharatiweb.com includes many of the sUktas from different Vedas. They are formatted nicely in different languages scripts namely Devanagari, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. (The English/Roman representation is not phonetic.) Wish that the Sanskrit words were not broken up inappropriately with the intention of helping the "chanters" and not keeping challenges for students for scholarly study. The current (July 2014) Sooktam list is Aa No Bhadraa, Aghamarshana, Agni, Aksheebyam, Asyavamiya (Suparna), Ayushya, Bhagya, Bhoo, Brahma, Brahmanapati, Bruhaspati, Devi, Devi (Atharvaveda), Durgaa, Durva, Ganapati, Go, Hanumat, Hiranya Garbha, Indra, Manyu, Medha, Mruttikaa, Nakshatra, Narayana, Nasadeeya, Navagraha, Neela, Oshadhi, Pavamana (Punyaha Vachanam), Pratah, Purusha, Purusha (Rigveda), Ratri, Rudra, Samputita Shri, Samvaada, Sanyasa, Saraswati (Rigveda), Saraswati (Yajurveda), Sarpa 1, Sarpa 2, Shri, Sumangala, Tantroktam Devi, Vastu, Vishnu, Vrushabha

  • Srimatham, Australia has compiled many sUktas in a nicely formatted booklet with Itranslator's Roman+Diacritics fonts and Vedic svaras. It can be improved with original text with anvaya for ease of students. The sUkta list includes brahma, puruSha, nArAyaNa, viShNu, shrI, bhU, nIlliA, rudra, Ano bhadrAH, Abhaya Mantra, AghamarShaNa, Aikatya, Anna, AyuShya, AyuShya-mantrANi, durgA, sarasvati, hiraNyagarbha, namaH prAchyai disha, nAsadAsiya, rAjA, navagraha, pavamAni, rakShoghna, svasti, sarpa, vAstu, sanyAsa, yama, trisuparNa MantrANi, bhadram vada, agni, gaNapatyatharvashIrShopaniShat, NArAyaNa UpaNiShad, IshAvAsya UpaNiShad, sUrya UpaNiShad.
    Pandit Sri Rama Ramanuja Achari has written many articles and have compiled many useful texts, such as handbook of Vaishnavas, Hindu Iconology, Vaishnava Iconology, Sanskrit tutorials, Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram with English Translation et cetera.

  • Ramesh Natarajan has prepared nicely formatted texts and audio/video (Youtube) clips of Vedic Suktas, Mahanyasam, Devi Mahatmyam, Sundarakandam, Udakashanti, Lalita-Kali sahasranama, Upanishads, Homams with plans to cover many other texts. Ramesh's Chandi Homam is the only recorded complete Homam online. New clips are regularly added so explore the site and bookmark.

  • Yajurveda's English translation by Arthur Berriedale Keith [1914] is available at http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm and at http://www.hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/yajur_veda_intro.htm. The English translations at sacred-texts are compiled in a single file at https://archive.org/details/FourVedasEnglishTranslation. The machine encoded Sanskrit text is available under TITUS project at http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/ind/aind/ved/yvs/ts/ts.htm. One needs to install the associated font to view the text.

  • There are some audio clips available at these links: https://sanskritdocuments.org/links5_audio.html, 1 in devotional section, and 2: Shanti.

    http://panchadravida.com provides popular Vedic hymns Ganesha Vandhanam, Brahmayagnyam, Shri Rudram (Namakam - Chamakam), Purusha Sukta, Brahmayagnyam, Bhagya Suktam, Durga Suktam, Shanti Mantra, and videos of Brahmayagnyam, Samithadhaanam, Praathah-Madhyaahnikam-Saayam Sandyavandanam

Upaveda उपवेद

General Vedic Information

  • Vaidika vyakhyana mala (Volume 1) - Satwalekar, Shripad Damoda, four parts

  • Vedic Accents

  • Embodying the vedas Traditional vedic schools of contemporary Maharashtra research article by Borayin Maitreya Larios, Universität Heidelberg. Study of 25 Vedapathashalas.

  • Vedic heritage Illustrated Dictionary, Hindi

  • Vedic Archives at https://sites.google.com/site/gurukulam4vedas/home Gurukulam at Dombivali. This has well prepared PDF files of
    • Ashirvada and Prayer Mantras in chronological order 832k
    • Book1-UdaShanti and ShantiJapa 756k
    • Book2-Mahanyasam and Rudrakramam 758k
    • Book3-Aaranyam,Upanishad and Ghanam 1609k
    • Book4-Achidram and Ashwamedham 5110k
    • Book5-Sotrams 1791k
    • Complete Devi Bhagvatam in English 2280k
    • Pradosha Pooja Vidhi in Tamil 10121k
    • Pradosha Pooja Vidhi in Sanskrit 4387k
    • Ganam Sanskrit Version 278k
    There are also audio clips of some sUktas.

  • A list of Veda Pathashala, a traditional Vedic schools, is provided in vedapathashala.

  • jaTA maNiH savyAkhyA jaTAmaNirnAma lakShaNaM, Jatamani is a lakShaNa grantha of the Taittiriya Shakha of Krishna Yajurveda. (Needs proofreading and corrections.) Read an overview of the text.

  • Collection of Vedic texts with svara/accents are prepared for students of Shri M K Sivan at Lakshmi Sabha Gruha. GMES High School Stilt, Vile Parle (East). The volumes are compiled by Shri N K Venkitaraman nkv.nvr at gmail.com. The content of volumes are listed here
    1. SUDARSHANA MANTRAM, GANAPATHI PRARTHANA, SARASWATHI PRARTHANA, GANPATYATHARVA SHERSHAM, UDAKASHANTI
      • Nakshatra Vaakyam, Swahaagaram, SHANTIJAPAM, Vedadaya, Rakshognam, Aapyaa, Pavamana Sooktam, Vaastoshpada Mantram, Varuna Sooktam, Brahma Sooktam, Vishnu Sooktam, Rudra Sooktam, Durga Sooktam, Shree Sooktam, Bhoo Sooktam, Bhagya Sooktam, Mrityu Sooktam, Aayushya Sooktam, Navagruha Sooktam, Dikhpaalaka, Nakshatra Vaakyam, Swahaagaram, Pancha Shanti, Namakam, Chamakam, Purusha Sooktam, Uttara Narayanam, Maha Narayanam, Nachiketam, Mruta Sanjeevani Sooktam, Hrichaam Praachi, Saptakanta 1 st Panchati, Ashtakatraya 1 st Panchati, Katake 1 st Panchati, Aaranyake 1 st Panchati, Ghosha Shanti, Oshadi Sooktam, Medha Sooktam, Neela Sooktam, Sarpa Sooktam, Eikamatya Sooktam, Swasti Sooktam
      VARUNA JAPAM, JAYAADI HOMAM, POORNAAHUTI, DHOOPA DEEPA UPACHARA (200p)
    2. mahAnyAsam,
      • Kalasha Pratishtapana Mantra, Prathamonyasa, Dashanganyasa, Panchaganyasa, Hansa gayatri Strotram, Dikhsamputanyasa, Shodashanga Roudrikaranam, Aatma Raksha, Shivasankalpam, Purusha Sooktam, Aprathiratam, Pratipoorusham, Twamagne Rudro(a)nuvakam, Panchanga Japam, Saashtanga Namaskaram, Laghunyasa
      ShoDashoapachAra pUjA, rudranAmatrishatI, rudraprashna, shivAShTottarashatanAmAvalI, rudra kramam, chamaka kramam, rudradIpArAdhanA mantrAH, shiva dhUpa upachAra mantram. (216p)
    3. Navagraha Stotram Aaditya Hrudayam Aruna Prasna ( Soorya Namaskaram) UPANISHAD Sheekshavalli Anandavalli Briguvalli Mahanarayana Upanishad Aashirvadam and Ghanam Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram Lalita Sahasranama Stotram
    4. Taittiriya Brahmana : Achidram, Ashwamedham -1, Ashwamedham -2, Katakam -1, Katakam -2, Katakam -3 (228p)
    5. Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram, Vishnu Sahasranama Namavali, Vishnu Ashtotharashata Namavali, Lalita Sahasranama Stotram, Lalita Sahasranama Namavali, Lalita Ashtotarashata Namavali, Lalita Ashtotarashatanama Divya Stotram, Lalita Ashtotarashatanama Divya Namavali, Lalita Trishadi Stotram, Lalita Trishadi Namavali, Lakshmi Ashtotarashatanama Stotram, Lakshmi Ashtotarashatanama Namavali, Kanakadhara Stotram, Shyamala Dandakam, Shri Subramanya Bhujangam, Shri Yoga Meenakshi Stotram, Shri Annapoorna Stotram, Matruka Pushpamala Stotram
    Contact Shri N K Venkitaraman nkv.nvr at gmail.com for well prepared PDF files.

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