vedanga वाक्य

He is also mentioned in other three Vedas and the Vedanga literature such as in verses 5.13 14 of the " Nirukta ".
The fields of study in traditional guru-sisya parampara were diverse, ranging from Hindu philosophy, martial arts, music, dance to various Vedangas.
Each ancient Vedic school developed this field of " Vedanga ", and the oldest surviving phonetic textbooks are the " Pratishakyas ".
As the Indus Valley civilization did not leave behind written documents, the oldest extant Indian astronomical text is the Vedanga Jyotisha, dating from the Vedic period.
The character of Vedangas has roots in ancient times, and the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad mentions it as an integral part of the Brahmanas layer of the Vedic texts.

However, Dharmasutras typically did not deal with rituals and ceremonies, a topic that was covered in the Shrautasutras and Grihyasutras texts of the Kalpa ( Vedanga ).
The Mauryan period saw an early flowering of classical Sanskrit Sutra and Shastra literature and the scholarly exposition of the " circum-Vedic " fields of the Vedanga.
Astronomy later developed as a discipline of Vedanga or one of the " auxiliary disciplines " associated with the study of the Vedas, dating 1500 BCE or older.
The oldest known text is the " Vedanga Jyotisha ", dated to 1400 1200 BCE ( with the extant form possibly from 700 600 BCE ).
Afterwards the astronomy developed as a discipline of Vedanga or one of the " auxiliary disciplines " associated with the study of the Vedas, dating 1500 BC or older.