Dr. Vedavyas Memorial Online Lecture Series
Date: Magha 25, 1942 (Saka), 14th Feb 2021 at 11.30 am IST
Vedas are the oldest literature available in the world which have been transmitted from generation to generation through oral tradition. This branch of knowledge in the world has this unique feature of oral tradition. The cannonical texts of all other religions all over the world have no oral tradition. All of them are having text tradition only. This is the oral tradition of Vedas that has helped to trasmit the full texts of Vedic lore from millenia without any change in their reading or accentual system whic is the core aspect of the oral tradition.
Another important aspect of the oral tradition is that the whole corpus of the literature containing many texts with huge number of verses and prose passages were learned byheart by the students keeping them in memory throughout the life of a scholar. This is a very rare aspect of the Vedic tradition whic is also unique in its nature.
Many knowledge systems have come into existance related to the oral tradition of Vedas in later centuries like phonetics, science of accents, etymology ,grammer and semanties related to modern linguistics. Separate texts like Sikshas, Pratisakhyas, Nirukta, Kalpa literature and the like were written later whic contain the deep discussion on these aspects
the lecture will cover the salient features of all these aspects related to the oral tradition of Vedas.
Dr. C.M. Neelakandhan is a Former Professor in Sahitya I/C of Vedic Studies, at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS), Kalady, Kerala and also worked as Academic Director, Kerala Kalamandalam. He did his Ph.D in Sanskrit and he taught for 36 years in Sanskrit Sahitya, Literary Criticism, Vedic Studies, Indian Philosophy and Culture, Manuscript Studies, Dharmasastras and Smrtis to Degree, P.G, M Phil and Ph.D level students. h has written more than 30 books and presented several papers in national and International research Journals. He has also received several Awards and Honors including Kerala Sahitya Academy Endowment Award, Vedamitra Award from Kanchi Kamakoti Yajurveda Pathasala, Vedaratna Award for Total Contribution to the Field of Vedic Studies. He has guided more than 20 Ph.D. students and is a Academic Council member in many institutions. He has also contributed to various research projects like Cataloging the Manuscripts of Kerala, Documenting of Samaveda in Audio and Video
Tapes.
International Institute of Vedic Sciences is promoted by Vedavyasa Bharati Trust, USCEFI and Yoga Brotherhood of America with the blessings of Poojya Guruji Dr. Vedavyas.
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