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UpvedaThe Up-Vedas are the texts on the auxillary themes of the Vedas. The Upveda of RigVeda, YajurVeda,SamaVeda and Atharv Veda are !onomi!s, "ilitary S!ien!e, "usi! and #an!e and "edi!al S!ein!esrespe!tively. There are $ Upveda that !an %e tra!ed in some meaningful form, they are as follo&s'-

(. Ayurveda (Sciences relating to LIFE and MEDICINE )'- Ayurveda is related to the se!ret of lifeand the s!ien!e of long life. The originator of Ayurveda is supposed to %e *ord #han&antari. Apartfrom him, other prominent names are Aitareya, +ashyapa, arit, Agnivesha, and hedamuni. At

present, three important %oo s of Ayurveda are' /hara Samhita, Sushruta Samhita and Vaag%hattaSamhita. These three %oo s are !olle!tively !alled rihat-trayi. 0atanjali has also authored text onAyurveda.

1. Dhanurveda ' This Upveda explains Spiritual s!ien!es li e 0URUS ART A, #UT2 S, # #S, et!and also "aterial s!ien!es li e /2V2* and "2*2TARY defense, &ar and politi!s. The Ramayana and"aha%harata a good deal of light is thro&n upon this s!ien!e and art, parti!ularly in the des!riptionsof %attles. The most an!ient %oo s of #hanurveda are not availa%le, %ut some of the no&n %oo s are#hanurvidhi, #rauna Vidya, +odanda "andana and #hanurveda Samhita.

3. Gandharva Veda ' 4andharvaveda is the s!ien!e of musi!, derived from the Sama-Veda, and &ehave already dealt &ith this su%je!t %riefly, &hile dealing &ith the Vedaanga of /hhandas. Apart from#evotional "usi! it also deals &ith some su%je!ts of Spiritual S!ien!es.

5. Shilpa Veda (Sthapatya Ved ! 2t deals &ith ar!hite!ture and various arts. A!!ording to Shu ra-nitithere are a num%er of arts %ut 65 are !onsidered to %e more prominent.

$. Artha Veda ' Artha-Veda is the Upaveda of the Atharva-Veda, &hi!h deals &ith so!ial, e!onomi!,and politi!al systems. 2n the early medieveal times Artha Shashtra &as also authored %y /hana ya

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