ShivaFan
13 December 2012, 04:27 PM
Namaste
Let's have some well deserved round table on a topic which can not only provide interest, but perhaps shed some light on history.
I often hear that the Ayurveda is "The Fifth Veda". That seems to hold solid ground to layman such as myself, after all the very word Veda is there. But, I have sat in Ramayana teachings where the Indian savant says the Ramayana is the Fifth Veda or "pancama veda".
I have heard Tamil literature and revelations by Saints as being called the Panchama ved.
I have been told there is a Fifth Veda told by Lord Shiva to ParvatI which is a "lost Veda" or "secret veda" of Siddhas.
ISKCON uses the term a lot, that the Srimad Bhagavatam is the Fifth Veda. There are Vaishnava texts which quote other Vaishnava sacred texts are the Fifth Veda ranging from the Mahabharata to specifically the Gita.
Is the term panchama veda simply a "catch all" term meaning any important sacred text other than the Four Vedas, or is it a secret, or an actual Fifth Veda with a specific name?
Om Namah Sivaya
Let's have some well deserved round table on a topic which can not only provide interest, but perhaps shed some light on history.
I often hear that the Ayurveda is "The Fifth Veda". That seems to hold solid ground to layman such as myself, after all the very word Veda is there. But, I have sat in Ramayana teachings where the Indian savant says the Ramayana is the Fifth Veda or "pancama veda".
I have heard Tamil literature and revelations by Saints as being called the Panchama ved.
I have been told there is a Fifth Veda told by Lord Shiva to ParvatI which is a "lost Veda" or "secret veda" of Siddhas.
ISKCON uses the term a lot, that the Srimad Bhagavatam is the Fifth Veda. There are Vaishnava texts which quote other Vaishnava sacred texts are the Fifth Veda ranging from the Mahabharata to specifically the Gita.
Is the term panchama veda simply a "catch all" term meaning any important sacred text other than the Four Vedas, or is it a secret, or an actual Fifth Veda with a specific name?
Om Namah Sivaya