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Shruti (Sanskrit, f, श्रुति, sruti, literally: " what is heard " ) referred to in the writings of Hinduism, report the timeless revelation and therefore necessarily be binding. They are regarded as wisdom, which the Rishis ( sages ) directly "heard" have ( the Divine ). This is in contrast to the Smritis to see ( " the remembered " ), the "only" report the traditional tradition, and therefore are binding only if it is assumed that they go back to Shrutis. The Shrutis one of the Veda, although initially only the Mantras and the Brahmanas and the Upanishads and these included other components of the Veda were not expected until later.

The fact that the texts with the highest value are referred to as texts " belonged ", documented the importance of listening compared to writing down, which took place relatively late in India. The roots of Indian traditions lie in an oral tradition that invented sophisticated mnemonic techniques for achieving this.

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