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Although the Ṛṣis first uttered Vedas, we should not think that they composed them. The Vedas, according to Hinduism are eternal. They have been existing for all time and are beyond time. It is said that even the world is created by Brahman in accordance with the Vedas. The Vedas are transmitted to the men in different ages either by God himself or through sages inspired by Him. So the sages, by the grace of God, visualised the Vedas and transmitted them to us. As they are not composed by men, the Vedas are infallible. The minds of men are fallible and so whatever a man does is liable to error. But the Vedas are not so. There can be no mistake in them and they compel recognition and response. They are eternal, spiritual imperatives which require to be spiritually obeyed. In accordance with the above view, the language of the Vedas is called the Devabhāṣā or Divine language. The linguistic evidence is in favour of the high antiquity of the Vedas and its eternal holiness. The age of the Vedas cannot be historically determined as they are beyond history and are super-historical, not merely pre-historical.
Though the last portion of every Veda is the Upaniṣad or Vedānta, still Upaniṣads are not all attached to the Vedas. A large number of the Upaniṣads arose on the model of the Vedānta. The Aitareya, the Kauṣītaki, the Kaṭha, the Taittiriya, the Iśa, and the Chāndogya are the last portions or Vedānta of the respective Vedas. Besides these
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