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Scripture Map
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Shruti includes Vedic collections and their layers, including many Upanishads. Smriti includes the Ramayana and Mahabharata as Itihasa, the Bhagavad Gita within the Mahabharata, Puranas, dharma literature, and other works. Lived authority differs by tradition.
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Beginner view shows only the major relationships. Detailed view adds categories such as Shruti, Smriti, Itihasa, Puranas, and Dharma literature. Topic view points toward texts often read around action, devotion, self, and story.
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Broad textual groupings and beginner reading links.
What it cannot show
One canon ranked identically by every Hindu tradition, or the full manuscript history of each work.
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