Info, texts and discussion on the true version of Hinduism. Śrautism is the oldest tradition within Hinduism. It is based on the authority of the four Vedas and their associated ritual texts; rather than later corrupted and novel traditions, customs or devotional practices.The main defining characteristic of this tradition is the observance of the Vedic Fire Sacrifices (Yajñas). These ceremonies involve the use of sacred fires maintained by a strict set of divinely commanded rules. The recitation of Vedic mantras (which are the true instantiations of the Devas). The use of offerings such as clarified butter, grains and animals. And the use of multiple specialized priests.Major Śrauta rituals traditionally require several priests. The four priestly roles are Hotṛ (the one who recites hymns from the Rigveda), Adhvaryu (the one who handles ritual actions), Udgātṛ (the one who chants melodies from the Samaveda) and most importantly the Brahman (the one who supervises the ritual and corrects errors). Śrauta rituals (and it's associated texts) specify the altar construction, timing, mantras, priestly roles and use and type of offerings to the minute detail.Over time, most of the Hindus began to introduce novel practices which were not found in the vedas (Puja and Bhakti rituals) which mark the decline of the Aryans. As it destroyed the balance of the universe.
>>18546022How do we know it's the oldest tradition of Hinduism, impolute from innovation and impurities?
Puranic
>>18546034OP's description doesn't sound that different from the religious practices of the Kalash people. I guess the next closest comparison would be what little we know of ancient faiths close to the Indo-Iranian root like Avestan texts.
>>18546022Modern Hinduism is not some kind of religious fossil to be used as a parameter for everything, and the Avesta themselves already had rituals that were foreign to the Vedas.
>>18546022>HinduismCall it by its original name: Sanātana DharmaDon't use the colonizer's name.
>>18546022You realize that the vedas are just “corruptions” of even older religion right?
>>18546195>Sanātana DharmaThat is the colonizers name. You think practitioners in the south call it that?
>>18546220Fake
>>18546276the entire field of historical and comparative religion and linguistics is fake? when do you think the vedas were composed and what do you think people believed before that? and what do you think the people that would become the aryans believed before any indo european language existed? or maybe you believe that the earth is 3,000 years old and that vedic sanskrit was the first language?
>>18546220Nope. It's eternal doctrine passed down by our rishis.
