Hindu texts the Vedas to be "apauruṣeya", which means "not of a man, superhuman" and "impersonal, authorless". The knowledge in the Vedas is believed in Hinduism to be eternal, uncreated, neither authored by human nor by divine source, but seen, heard and transmitted by sages. Vedas are also called ' ("what is heard") literature, distinguishing them from other religious texts, which are called ' ("what is remembered"). The Veda, for orthodox Indian theologians, are considered revelations, some way or other the work of the Deity. In the Hindu Epic the Mahabharata, the creation of Vedas is credited to Brahma. There are four
Glossary of ancient Roman religion collective, core knowledge of the augural college. Some scholars consider them distinct from the "commentarii augurum" (commentaries of the augurs) which recorded the collegial acts of the augurs, including the "decreta" and "responsa". The books were central to the practice of augury. They have not survived, but Cicero, who was an augur himself, offers a summary in "De Legibus" that represents "precise dispositions based certainly on an official collection edited in a professional fashion." The "libri pontificales" (pontifical books) are core texts in Roman religion, which survive as fragmentary transcripts and commentaries. They may have been partly annalistic, part priestly;