A Very Brief History of Indian Scriptures

Indian philosophy can be quite complex. Yet, it has many great insights into the nature of man and universe – the macrocosm and the microcosm. So, here’s a simplified (highly simplified!) guide to the history of Indian philosophy, to get you started.

First, let’s start with the word “Vedanta”, which literally means “end of the Vedas” in Sanskrit. This word is used to define the corpus of texts that include the Upanishads. The Upanishads are not separate texts in themselves. They are the portions of the Vedas that deal with philosophy and similar matters, separated from the main texts of the …read more