TY - BOOK AU - Ramamurthy sharma TI - Vaidiaka sahitya ka etihas U1 - 294.1 R1414 V PY - 1987/// CY - Delhi PB - Eastern book linkers KW - Vedic literature N1 - Hence they were called as Sruti (heard) and Smriti (memorized). But later on they were reduced to writing after the invention of scripts. The major literary and religious works of Vedic Period are the four Vedas and the Upanishads. These works still continue to hold immense authority in the sphere of spiritual and religious literature. The idea and principles of Karma (action) and Moksha (spiritual liberation) are widely accepted by the people belonging to Hindu faith; Ved shabd ka artha Sayanacharya ka vichar ER -