Aranyaka

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The Aranyakas (; Sanskrit: आरण्यक; IAST: āraṇyaka) are a part of the ancient Indian Vedas concerned with the meaning of ritual sacrifice, composed in about 700 BCE. They typically represent the later sections of the Vedas, and are one of many layers of Vedic texts.

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