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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/ or http://downloads.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.

  Virendra has completed 'Digitisation of Vedas' after 8+ years of team effort. The current version includes Veda Mantras in original and translations in Sanskrit and Hindi. Download Excel file of Four Vedas. He acknowledges support from Panini Grammarian - Acharya Chandra Dutta Sharma aryavarta2012 at gmail.com for proof reading, Professor Dr. Naresh Kumar Dhiman dhimaann at yahoo.com for his continuous guidance and help, and Shri Dharampal Arya for funding and guidance.

  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 Delhi Sanskrit academy site is not responding. The Rigveda mUlam file that was posted on Delhi Sanskrit academy site is available at here and has Rishi-Devata-Chanda-Svara listed for each sUkta.
• An article with examples : How many different Chandas are there in the Vedas?

• 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

• The complete Rigveda Sanskrit Devanagari edition with and without svara marks and searchable text format is available https://sanskritdocuments.org/mirrors/rigveda/e-text.htm . Rigveda files are presented here in various formats. (ITRANSliterated text (ITX), devanagari postscript (PS), PDF, and devanagari searchable web pages in Sanskrit 2003 Unicode fonts created using Itranslator 2003 from Omkarananda Ashram. The non-accented texts can be viewed in different Indian language scripts using aksharamukha complete site web conversion. (Just copy paste the file URL in to the slate and select Devanagari to language of your choice.)
• The Rigveda with 10 mandalas given above are with anudAtta and svarita vedic accents. The version of Rigveda Samhita text with dIrghasvarita is built by Dayanand Aithal, with Kannada and Devanagari script display. Access the files in Kannada section of the site.

• The complete Rigveda Sanskrit Devanagari with svara marks is also available at Ulrich Stiehl's http://www.sanskritweb.net/rigveda/ It is the edition of the "Rigveda Samhita" by Prof. R.L. Kashyap and Prof. S. Sadagopan published in 1998 by the Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture. It is a masterpiece of meticulousness and a gem of Indian Devanagari typography. Each PDF file has been incorporated with searchable feature.

• A machine encoded text files of the complete Rigveda text in Itrans, unicode Devanagari and Roman are available at https://sanskritdocuments.org/mirrors/rigveda/ and English translations at http://hindunet.org/saraswati/rigveda/rigvedaskt.htm (based on Saayana and Wilson) and at http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm (by Ralph T.H. Griffith, 1896). The English translations of four Vedas from sacred-texts are compiled in a single file at https://archive.org/details/FourVedasEnglishTranslation.

• The Rigveda mUlam file that was posted on Delhi Sanskrit academy site is available at here and has Rishi-Devata-Chanda-Svara listed for each sUkta.
• Various texts of Rigveda, Taittiriya Brahmana, saMhitA collection under submission as Sayanacharya. Also the Khilani or Parishishta are provided. (Does not include rAtrisUkta addition). Rigved collection

• A searchable complete text with word by word as well as full Richa meaning utility is available at http://flaez.ch/cgi-bin/rv.pl.

• Aryasamaj, Jamnagar has online scanned copies of Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda with Sanskrit text and Hindi Bhashya with word to word meanings. Specifically, see the link http://www.aryasamajjamnagar.org/vedang.htm Other links for Aryasamaj literature are archive.org, http://www.aryamantavya.in/, http://www.vedicgranth.org/, and Aryasamaj elibrary.

• Explore https://vedicheritage.gov.in/hi/samhitas for details of Veda saMhitAs.

• Rigveda padapAtha with audio for each sUkta is available online at http://www.aurobindo.ru/workings/matherials/rigveda/index.htm

• Veda Prasar Samiti, formerly Delhi Vedic Trust, provides professionally recorded CDs and cassettes of classical chanting of Vedas.

• Shri Veda Bhaarti, in hyderabad, a public charitable trust, has prepared an audio DVD of the complete Rigveda.

• Rigveda translation of "Vedic Experience" By Professor Raimon Panikkar - one of the finest translations into English. Himalayan Academy published the 1000-page anthology in a special edition in the West, while Motilal Banarsidas produced the Indian edition; reviewed and highly recommended by Vedic Scholars in India. Professor Pannikar made the translation available on the World Wide Web in July 1995. All seven parts of "Vedic Experience" are on-line.

• Online complete etext of The Rigveda, A Historical Analysis, by Shrikant G. Talageri, Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi.

• The Rigveda encoded by Bhagwan Singh is available here in MSWord (in Krutideva true type fonts) and in PDF formats.

• Complete Rigveda at archive.org in compact format.

• A Hindi translation of Rigveda by Ramgovind Tripath is available online at archive.org. The archive site also holds Rigveda text, Rigveda in German.

• English transliteration of complete Rig Ved with accentuation is available at http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/RV/

• Bloomfield's Vedic Concordance printed text is available at archive.org. An expanded copyrighted text in electronics format by Marco Franceschini is available at http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/VedicConcordance/ReadmeEng.html and 2005 version site.

• Jacob's Upanishad Concordance is at archive.org.

• A comprehensive project online on Vedas, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Iliad, and Odyssey in Wiki format at http://ancientvoice.wikidot.com . The site is developed by Jijith Nadumuri Ravi. He has also compiled information on Vedas, Mahabharata, Bharatavarsha kingdoms, cities, rivers and their frequency counts in the Mahabharata, details of personalities .

• Completed Rigveda Manuscripts in Malayalam with Vedic Swaras accents. These are handwritten by P. R. Iyer. They are posted in Sanskritdocuments account on archive.org. Shri Iyer can be reached at iyerpr49 at gmail com

• Explore Vedic Heritage site vedicheritage.gov.in for well prepared audio, video of chanting, texts, and information. Watch the video chanting of Rigveda as per shAkala saMhitA Mandala 1 onwards.

Samaveda सामवेदः

• A well typeset book for Samaveda Kauthuma ShakhA (saswara) in Devanagari script with all Samavedic numeral accents (Siddhanta font) has been prepared by Sri Pallasena Narayanaswami. (ppnswami at gmail.com). Total 306 pages. (portion of Samaveda that contains the 1875 mantras.) (Used the Keyman map for Vedic Sanskrit accents using ITRANS scheme. The cover (front and back) as well as the borders on each page were prepared using the TikZ program.) It also includes an introduction (19 pages) explaining various things related to the Samavedic texts and the accent marks. The pdf can be downloaded from samaveda_kauthuma.pdf.

  Professor Sri Pallasena Narayanaswami typeset the sAma gAna texts arising from these mantras, that are about 2635 gAnas. There are four gAna texts available. It took him a long time and lots of typing samavedic accent marks caregully as he has completed the typing and processing of all four Sama Gana texts (Grama-geya, Aranyaka, Uha and Uha, totalling 2639 Ganas). (January 2025).

  • Samagana text I - Gramageya (Veya or Prakrti) Gana. 1198 gAna-s (579 pages) (1.95Mb)
  • Samagana Book II - Aranyaka Gana - 296 gAna-s (177 pages) (1.02Mb)
  • Samagana Book III - Uha Gana. 936 gAna-s (515 pages) (2.04Mb)
  • Samagana Book IV - Uhya Gana 209 gAna-s (148 pages) (~1Mb)
  These 4 Gana Texts along wth the Samhita will complete all the Samaveda Texts. For these texts also, the Siddhanta Fonts that have samavedic accent marks are used and typed using the Keyman Vedic ITRANs input scheme developed by Shree Devi Kumar.

• Complete Samaveda Sanskrit encoded text without svara marks by Anshuman Pandey is available in different formats, namely Encoded text, postscript, formats. This needs some proofreading. Write to sanskrit at cheerful.com if interested.

• Jitendra Bansal has independetly encoded complete Samaveda Samhita, kauthuma shAkhA. The files are Samved_Unicode_1875.docx Samved_Unicode_1875.pdf Samved_Index_1875.pdf Samved_Gaytri_Mantr_Sanklan_770.pdf Samved.xlsx, easy for sorting according to devatA, Chanda, svara etc. Use Uttara fonts from http://www.sanskritweb.net/cakram/index.html. They include detailed Vedic svaras markings.

  Jitendra has also compiled all Vedas in an Excel spreadsheet marked with kANDa, prapAThaka, anuvAka, with list of Chandas. Download Veda Anukriti (file veda_anukriti.xlsx 10.6Mb). Send your comments and suggestions for corrections to Jitendra at jku304 on gmail. The file requires siddhanta2 fonts prepared by Mihail Bayaryn available at svayambhava.org as Siddhanta and separately Siddhanta Variations Fonts. (Also at siddhanta and Siddhanta Variations).

• Ganas of the Kauthumas, Samevada, edited by Subramania Sarma, Chennai are available at http://www.sanskritweb.org/samaveda/index.html.

• Samaveda's 1895 English translation by Ralph T.H. Griffith is available at http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm.

• Translation of Vedas in Marathi is being uploaded at http://satsangdhara.net. The scanned books are at satsangdhara account on archive.org. See "Apale Ved" set by Shripad Satavalekar at https://archive.org/details/Veda-vedanga. His other publications in Hindi and Marathi are available at collections 1, 2, 3, 4.

Atharvaveda अथर्ववेदः

• 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.

• Atharvaveda's English translation by Maurice Bloomfield, Sacred Books of the East, volume 42 [1897] is available at http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm. The English translations four Vedas from at sacred-texts are compiled in a single file at https://archive.org/details/FourVedasEnglishTranslation.

• An encoded Sanskrit text in unicode format (words separated as for indologist study) is available at GRETIL and split version in TITUS project. Other indology etexts are available at GRETIL and TITUS sites.

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. See many articles including Vedic accents.

• 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

• ITX | - dhanurveda (translation)

General Vedic Information

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

• Vedic Accents
  • Notes on Vedic accents by Charles Wikner. Postscript and PDF-Acrobat files. (July 1997).
  • ITX | PS | | GIF - svaramaJNjarii or vaidikasvarapaddhati text + trans. on Vedic accents
    grammar rules related to accents (by Tryambak B. Abhyankar)
    
  • A Vedic Sanskrit Devanagari Phonetic Keyboard is available >with support for Vedic Sanskrit (Devanagari Extended and Vedic Extensions Unicode ranges), allowing input with modified ITRANS transliteration. https://help.keyman.com/keyboard/itrans_devanagari_sanskrit_vedic. Here is the direct Keyboard link.
  • Aksharamukha Devanagari Text Composer, a keyboard app for entering Devanagari text. The Vedic svaras are under "Insert Special Characters."
  • Ajit Krishnan's notes on Vedic Accents file VedicAccents2.pdf at http://www.aupasana.com/file-cabinet. Alternatively, the system of yajur veda vedic accents among other articles and texts at aupasana.com.
  • The book Vaidika Svara Mimamsa
  • The book svara prakriyA prakAsha
  • The book vaidika svara samIkShA
  • http://vedavms.in/article.html has articles on various topics useful for Veda-chanting and accents, Basics of Veda Swaras and Basics of Veda-Dheerga Swaritam
  • Vedic Literature and Its Universal Concepts: Rishi, Devata and Chanda by Krishna Chandra Sharma, giving importance of Rishi, Devata, and Chanda in Vedic literature.
  • In ŚRĪ ŚIVA SAṄKALPA SŪKTAM, Sūrya S A shows that the svara markings differ between the two śākhā-s Śākala Śakha, Aśvalāyana Śakha. Further, (he mentions that) the Aśvalāyana Śakha has different orders due to the difference in Śakhas and Paṭhantara.

    He has given the comparison of ŚivaSaṅkalpaSūktam in that regard where the two (śākhā-s) differ not only in svara markings but also in content and no. of verses.

    The comparison also shows differences between manuscripts from different places (Aundh, Junagarh etc.) too. It is highly likely that errors too would have crept in while transcribing from verbal transmissions to manuscripts to publications etc. Different schools would then have their own recitation styles - so, too many variables there.

  • Unicode Standard 4.0 (2003) does not support accented Vedic texts. Only two Vedic accents were defined by the Unicode consortium, whereas approximate 50 Vedic accents/characters/svaras would be required for encoding the various Vedic texts. See Vedic Code Set (vedic.pdf) in http://tdil.mit.gov.in/pchangeuni.htm and 29 Samaveda accents listed in http://www.sanskritweb.de/sans99sv.pdf.

    The set of Vedic Svara codes for computer implementation are grouped in http://tdil.mit.gov.in/VedicCodeSetOct02.pdf.

    A tabulated list of various Vedic Accents, vaidik svara chinha compilation 1, 2, compiled from unicode.org and CDAC. (It is compiled in devanagari by Jitender Bansal. ). Additionally, explore "Vedic Extensions" on http://www.unicode.org/charts/, specifically, U1CD0.pdf with newer draft.

  • A comprehensive display of Vedic svaras on vowels and consonents is tabulated in https://sanskritlibrary.org/accents.html. Explore the table description and the complete table with accents.
  • Online keyboard for Vedic Sanskrit with svara/accent notations at lexilogos.com

• 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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• A set of videos on Vedic History, parts 1, 2, 3.

• Hymns From the Vedas: Song of Creation, prepared by Gene Massey. Chanting of selected Vedic Richas is by Brahmshri Narendra Kapre.

• Kaleidoscope: Veda classes! in Malyalam.

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• The Tradition of Vedic Chanting.

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• Eternal Vedas, collection of video clips.

• Maharishi Vedic Pandits.

• The Maharishi Channel at http://www.maharishichannel.in . Watch the Rudra Abhishek Yagya from the Brahmasthan of India every day at 6:30 am, 9:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 3:30 pm Indian Standard Time, on channel 2.

• Vedapathashala, Kedgaone, Pune, Maharashtra

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• Summer Sangha - Pt. Vivekashastra Godbole on Vedas and Seasons (Ritu) Video (1 hr 31 minutes lecture) among many videos at VedicGlobal.

• Shree Kallaji Vedic Vishvavidyalaya, Kalyanlok, Nimbahera. Distt. Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, University Documentary

• TV9 Gujarat - Glimpse of Vedic Patshala of ancient India,Amreli.

• Kalady: The Triumph of Faith Over Time, birthplace of Shankaracharya (1:32 hr). See also 33rd Jagadguru of Sringeri, Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Narasimha Bharati Mahaswamiji who established Shankara Jayanti at Kalady. (Presentation in Sanskrit by Jagadguru Bharathi Theertha.)

• http://www.jagadgurus.org/ Explore biographies, audio and video clips.
• vidya bharathi saanga veda patashala, Vidya Bharathi Saanga Paripalana Sabha, Melmangalam, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, http://vedasurabhi.org
• Greatness of the Vedic Knowledge, Perfect Science, Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
• Rudram Abhishekam, Art of Living Foundation with Sri Sri Ravishankar, record crowd, 1 hour 6 minutes. See also Maha Shivratri Rudra Puja by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar March 2nd 2011 3 4 2011 , Surya Vyapini, and other extraordinary programs conducted by The Art of Living Foundation participants.
• Videos of Veda Chanting lessons. "Through the kind facilitation of the South-East Region, a Veda Teacher who taught Veda Chanting in Bhagawan's schools, Damarik Sai, is coming to Trinidad early in February and March to teach Vedas to all interested. There will be 45 sessions each lasting 45 minutes over the two month period. Centre Chairman requested to spread this information to all devotees."
• Veda Pathasala And Greatness Of Vedas, presentation of scholars in Telugu Parts 1, 2, 3, 4. See other informative videos on Sanatana Dharma in the video playlist sanatanadharma123.
• Attend to tutorial of Rudram chanting with text at Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust.
• Great Lecture on Vedas, Veda Sammelan 2012, Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation (SVBF), Stroudsburg, PA. Lecture with recitation demonstration. See video gallery of SVBF.
• OM Charitable Trust in Chennai holds competition for chanting between Vedic Pathashalas students to promote learning. See some videos KalaKendraChannel, namely Vedic Quiz, Vedic Delight, Vedic Parayanam and Telent Show, Inter-Patashala Vedic Competition, Pada Pooja amidst Vedic chanting, Vedas and Shastras, Sanskrit Drama & Guest Lecture et cetera almost all more than an hour long each.
• Time Wellness has released both their video DVDs of The Complete Vedas - Part 1 and Part 2 about four hours each. It does not have the recitation of complete Vedas. Times Wellness video channel has provided many videos related to Yoga, Mudras, Anti-Aging Yoga, Workouts et cetera.
• Vedic recitation of various recensions of the Vedas.