Hindu texts Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. Each Veda has been subclassified into four major text types – the Samhitas (mantras and benedictions), the Aranyakas (text on rituals, ceremonies, sacrifices and symbolic-sacrifices), the Brahmanas (commentaries on rituals, ceremonies and sacrifices), and the Upanishads (text discussing meditation, philosophy and spiritual knowledge). The Upanishads are a collection of Hindu texts which contain some of the central philosophical concepts of Hinduism. The Upanishads are commonly referred to as "Vedānta", variously interpreted to mean either the "last chapters, parts of the Veda" or "the object, the highest purpose of the Veda".
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;