Paper Details

Name: Jitesh Kumar Pandey
Country: India

Year: 2025
Volume: Volume No: 12, Issue No: 2, Year: 2025
Page Number: 237-247
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20607342

ABSTRACT
India swanks the one of the largest education system on the globe, this system has crossed diverse phases to attain its present status. The foundation of present Indian education system is Indian Knowledge Tradition. Education was treated utmost importantly in the ancient period. Indian Knowledge Tradition is designed not only to gain knowledge but also
emphasized character development, attaining self-control and confidence and understanding the social issues to an individual. It is overt that Indian Vedas are the oldest scriptures of the world. Generally, Vedas are looked as religious scriptures. The Indian Knowledge Tradition is the methodical body of knowledge developed in India since ancient periods and consisting
all the traditions and practices that have been build up, refined and conserved over generations by diverse cultures, Vedas, Purans and Smritis. The word Veda is derived from the Sanskrit word vid, which indicates knowledge or to know; hence, it is a important body of religious transcript that formulated in ancient India. The Vedas have unique features consisting a brilliant combination of knowledge, action and devotion. The Puranas are wide classification of Indian ancient religious literature, particularly myth and other ritual lore. Purana contains the instructions for ritual performance and has many mythological narratives concerned to different gods. The paper critically examines the rich contribution of Ancient knowledge scriptures like Veda, Purana, Upnishads, Upvedas etc. in Knowledge tradition flourishing in India, spanning from ancient times to the contemporary era, critically analyzing the aspects of each phase.

Keywords: Shruti, Samriti, Veda, Purana, Upnishads, Upvedas, Katha sukta.