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Shruti Divine Revelation

The Vedas are considered "shruti" or revealed knowledge in Hindu tradition. However, the concept of divine revelation does not mean the Vedas were directly revealed by gods. Shruti simply means knowledge that is transmitted from teacher to student or between generations. While later texts describe the Vedas as apauruṣeyā or not of human origin, the Rigveda itself and other Vedas do not make this claim and instead present the texts as composed by known poets in the Vedic age.

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Shruti Divine Revelation

The Vedas are considered "shruti" or revealed knowledge in Hindu tradition. However, the concept of divine revelation does not mean the Vedas were directly revealed by gods. Shruti simply means knowledge that is transmitted from teacher to student or between generations. While later texts describe the Vedas as apauruṣeyā or not of human origin, the Rigveda itself and other Vedas do not make this claim and instead present the texts as composed by known poets in the Vedic age.

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Shruti

The Vedas as a whole are classed as "shruti" in Hindu tradition. This has been compared to the
concept of divine revelation in Western religious tradition, but Staal argues that "it is nowhere
stated that the Veda was revealed", and that shruti simply means "that what is heard, in the
sense that it is transmitted from father to son or from teacher to pupil".[84] The Rigveda, or other
Vedas, do not anywhere assert that they are apauruṣeyā, and this reverential term appears only
centuries after the end of the Vedic period in the texts of the Mimamsa school of Hindu
philosophy.[84][85][86] The text of Rigveda suggests it was "composed by poets, human individuals
whose names were household words" in the Vedic age, states Staal.[84]

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