Vedam and Shastram

Updated on January 29, 2020 in General
1 on November 16, 2019

Swamigaluku adiyen namaskarangal. Bagavathalukum namaskarangal.

Are vedas and shastras one and the same? I feel many a times it is used interchangeably so getting confused about the two.

 
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Shastras is collective term text that includes everything from Vedas, Ithihasa, Purana, Agama, Dharmashastra, Jyothisa, Kalpa, Nirukta, Shiksha, Vyakarna etc. Shastra in Sanskrit means “that which commands”.

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