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Vedic religion

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Vedic religion or Vedic Hinduism may refer to:

  • Historical Vedic religion, the religion of the Indo-Aryans of northern India during the Vedic period
  • Hinduism, which developed out of the merger of Vedic religion with numerous local religious traditions
  • Śrauta, surviving conservative traditions within Hinduism

See also

  • Vedas, a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India
  • Vedanta, originally a word used in Hindu philosophy as a synonym for that part of the Veda texts also known as the Upanishads
  • Vedic (disambiguation)
  • History of Hinduism
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