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राम

Action and Sacred Learning

The six limbs of the Veda

Unit 27 of 37 · printed source 98

Sanskrit · Devanagari

कल्पो व्याकरणं शिक्षा निरुक्तं ज्योतिषं छन्दः—एतानि षडङ्गानि ॥ २७ ॥

IAST

kalpo vyākaraṇaṃ śikṣā niruktaṃ jyotiṣaṃ chandaḥ—etāni ṣaḍaṅgāni || 27 ||

Fresh English translation

Ritual procedure, grammar, phonetics, etymology, astronomy, and meter: these are the six limbs of the Veda.