4 Vedas
- RigVeda
- SamVeda
- YajurVeda
- AtharvaVeda
4 UpaVedas (abodes of knowledge)
- ArthaShastra: Ancient treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy.
- Dhanurveda: Science of archery
- GandharvaVeda: Treatise on performing arts, encompassing theatre, dance and music.
- Ayurveda: The word ayurveda consists of the words ayus, meaning “longevity”, and veda, meaning “related to knowledge” or “science”. Thus Ayurveda is the science of life.
6 Vedangas
- Shiksha: science of phonetics and phonology of Sanskrit, its aim is the teaching of correct pronunciation of the Vedic hymns and mantras.
- Kalpa: art of rituals
- Vyakaran: Sanskrit grammatical tradition of vyakarana.
- Nirukta: art of etymology, particularly of obscure words. It consists of brief rules (sutras) for deriving word meanings, supplemented with glossaries of difficult or rare Vedic words.
- Chhanda: study of Vedic meter in Classical Sanskrit poetry.
- Jyotish: system of astrology, traditionally consisting of three branches:
1. Siddhanta: traditional Indian astronomy
2a. Samhita
2b. Medini Jyotisha: prediction of important events based on analysis of astrological dynamics in a country’s horoscope of general transit events such as war, earthquakes, political events, financial positions, elections etc; Vastu Shastra related matters, animals, portents, omens etc.
3. Hora: predictive astrology based on analysis of natal horoscope and the moment a query is made.