Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c12.8

c12.8

**The Vedāṅgas.** The entire body of the Vedic works composed in the style of the Sūtras is according to the Indian traditional view divided into six branches called *Vedāṅgas* (members of the Veda). The names of these six subjects are first mentioned in the *Muṇḍaka-Upanishad* [i, 1, 5]. A consideration of the contents of these Vedāṅgas will give us an idea of the multiform literary activity of the period and the subjects of study then prevailing.