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राम

Action and Sacred Learning

The five applied Vedas

Unit 30 of 37 · printed source 98

Sanskrit · Devanagari

वास्तुवेदो धनुर्वेदो गान्धर्वो दैविकस्तथा। आयुर्वेदश्च पञ्चैते उपवेदाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ ३० ॥

IAST

vāstuvedo dhanurvedo gāndharvo daivikastathā| āyurvedaśca pañcaite upavedāḥ prakīrtitāḥ || 30 ||

Fresh English translation

The science of building, the science of the bow, the Gandharva science of music, the divine science, and Āyurveda—these five are proclaimed as the applied Vedas.