Texts vs Shakha - What's the difference?
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(Hinduism) a term used to refer either to a school of the Vedas, or to the traditional texts followed by a school.
* 1916 , R. V. Russell, The Tribes And Castes Of The Central Provinces Of India , page 360:
As nouns the difference between texts and shakha
is that texts is plural of lang=en while shakha is a term used to refer either to a school of the Vedas, or to the traditional texts followed by a school.As a verb texts
is third-person singular of text.texts
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Usage notes
* Pronuncation as , homophonous with Texas.Noun
(head)Verb
(head)shakha
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(wikipedia shakha)Alternative forms
* ShakhaNoun
(en noun)- It is held that the ancient Rishis or saints, like the Jewish patriarchs, lived far beyond the ordinary span of existence, and hence had time to learn all the Vedas and their commentaries. But this was impossible for their short-lived descendants, and hence each Veda has been divided into a number of Sh?khas' or branches, and the ordinary Br?hman only learns one ' Sh?kha of one Veda.