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and others. Further, since there are specific composers of the various Vedas, therefore, they are not of divine origin. Thus, many scholars suggest that these Vedas, the sacred texts of ancient India, are of human origin, they are not eternal, and were composed at a certain point of time.
Jamini Rishi further sheds light on this issue. He states that although different branches of the Vedas are associated with the names of particular rishis, the Vedas were, in fact, not composed by them. The rishis were simply the expounders of this eternal Wisdom.
The Jamini Sutra 1/1/30 states:
Those Rishis taught the composed mantra-samhitas (collections of the sacred hymns) which were not created by them.
Therefore, the rishis were actually seers of this knowledge of mantras. For this reason they were called the seers (rishis) not composers of mantras.
In the Sarvanukarama Sutra, Katyayan says:
The rishis are the seers, who have memorized the revealed mantras. They are spokespersons of the mantras, not the composers.'
Modern science claims that the sound waves of spoken words are not destroyed, but rather, are dispersed in the atmosphere. In the
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