Hinduism Sacred Texts

Match the following

• most sacred scriptures

• Vedas

• Epic poem

• Rig Veda

• Bhagavad-Gita

• Bhagavad-Gita

• Rig Veda and Upanishads

• Smriti Scriptures

• Hyms composed about 1500 BC

• Shruti scriptures

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Categories of Hindu Scripture

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(b) Bhagavad-Gita

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(c) Rig Veda

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(d) Upanishads

• most popular Hindu Scriptures

• God Krishna teaches about the Path of Devotion

• Shruti

• First handed on by word of mouth and later written in Sanskrit

• Declares "God is one but men call him by many names."

• Concept of Brahman and Atman explained

• Hinduism's oldest sacred text

• Smriti

What are the 2 categories of Hindu Scriptures?

• Shruti Scriptures and Smriti Scriptures

• Rig Veda and Upanishads

• The Vedas

• None of these answers are correct.

The Shruti Scriptures, also known as the Vedas, are composed of what two books?

• Rig Veda and Upanishads

• Rig Veda and the Bhagavad-Gita

• The Vedas only includes one book.

• None of these answers are correct.

Which one of these Hindu scriptures is an epic poem?

• Rig Veda

• Upanishads

• Bhagavad-Gita

• None of these answers are correct.