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Missing are:

• Brahmanas
• Shrautasutras
• Grhyasutras
• Aranyakas
• Praatishakhyas

• "Mahabharata" vs. "Mahbharata". I wonder why there is a missing "a" letter in the name in the list--compared to the real name (the title of the actual article Mahabharata).--Imz 00:31, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Uniform transliteration in names. Writing ā in Mahabharata (1) should imply writing ī in Bhagavad Gita (2), and so on. The current situation is: (1) is true, (2) is false. Should be fixed?--Imz 00:38, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've treated both things.--Imz 01:18, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have posed certain questions about this template at

For some reason the article mentioned the Artharva Veda as being referred to as the fifth Veda, when it is the fourth out of four. I fixed that, but if someone knows why then fix it back —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.190.237.157 (talk) 19:16, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Yoga Vasistha is missing here. Could it be added? If so, where? Wiki-uk (talk) 04:54, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hindu astrology books are not scriptures. So removing them. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 10:59, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Stotra

AbHi^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:05, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The title and sections of this template imply that all Hindu texts are scriptures, including their Sanskrit texts on music, phonetics, etc. Few Hindu texts are considered by scholars as Hindu scriptures, most are non-scriptures. Many have religious / spiritual / Hindu culture-related content. For sources and a discussion on Hindu scriptures, see: [1] Scripture, Encyclopedia Britannica (see Scriptures in non-Western religions section); [2] R.C. Zaehner (1992), Hindu Scriptures, Penguin Random House,

Pinging @Joshua Jonathan:, @Abecedare:, @Kautilya3: and others for thoughts. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 18:39, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sarah, I think the border between scripture and non-scripture is not clear cut in Hinduism, and I am afraid Hindus call pretty much every ancient text a "scripture," perhaps wrongly. I am happy for you to reclassify the texts, but the subtle distinction will probably be lost on most people. Cheers, Kautilya3 (talk) 09:27, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shashtras are not by any stretch Hindu texts. There is nothing in the wiki article for Shashtras: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shastra itself that indicates that it can be called. The delimitation of what constitutes a Hindu text itself is unclear, therefore it is more logical to go by what can be considered religious in nature and shashtras do not fall in that category.

Moreover, in the list there are many scriptures which fall neither in the category of shashtra nor sutras. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.85.255 (talk) 15:27, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:BRD you should not edit war and seek consensus for change to this stable template, on this talk page. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 19:49, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply

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• Sushruta Samhita^[1][2][3][4]

• Charaka Samhita^[5][6]

Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 19:43, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]