Aranyaka period

Ᾱranyaka period was new era of thinking that the Aryan society of understand the nature and life
through wissdom purity. IN the Brahmin period Aryans expected a better future through yā gas
based on faith and devotion. Preference to the spiritual development is given in the Ᾱ ranyaka
period as a result of this; the demand for Yā ga become loses. The spiritual development was
open for all without any discrimination all low castes including women are permitted to practice
spiritual development.

This count is done without wasting money and other assets. Ᾱ ranyaka period can be
considered as a new era in the Vedic thought because the significance of the spiritual
development was established during this period. Wisdom became very important than the faith
and devotion. Yoga practices were introduced during the Ᾱ ranyaka period. Many people went to
the forest to meditate when they need mental (sati) function; are not unanimous about the origin
of the Ᾱ ranyaka period.

According to Vedic period tradition Aranyaka period is an extent of Sanyasi Ᾱ srama (stage)
four Ᾱ sramas;

1. Brahma Cā riya
2. Ashastas
3. Vanapratha, and
4. Sanyasi.

During the Sanyasi period, Brahamana who was come to the old age goes to the forest to
meditate. In the four stages of meditation started only in the Sanyasi period. Therefore some
argue that the Ᾱ ranyaka period could be considered as a development of the Sanyasi stage. There
is another argument about the origin of the Ᾱ ranyaka.

Scholars point out that the Ᾱ ranyaka period that the influence of Mohenjo Dara –Harappa
civilization would led Ᾱ ranyaka to spiritual development which was the basis of Ᾱ ranyaka period
because there were evidences in that period. Archeologists have found pictures of meditating
sages belonged to the Mohenjo daro –Harappa society to think spiritual development which was
popular among aborigines. In the Mohenjodara Harappa civilization there were facts to prove
that Ᾱ ryans new about those mendicants, as it appeared in the KesisuKta Munis, were unclern
and ugly. This shown that Ᾱ ryans did not appreciate Munis and those ugly and unclean
mendicants who lived even during the Rig Vedic period.

Sometimes, this might influence the origin of the Ᾱ ranyaka, the Brahmanas practice and also
Ksatriyas were the leader who initiated the Ᾱ ranyaka period. Ksatriyas had a rivalry against
Bralmanas as a result of that they might have introduced this new practice to bring down the
popularity and the power of Brahmana.
 Aryans, those who traveled to the Eastern part of India to sell goods, came to know about
practice of the Sramana tradition which has given preference to meditation and other Yogic
practice. They produced this new practice to the Ᾱ ryans society; it was much convenient to all
Ᾱ ryans to follow without hardship. And with the start of the Ᾱ ranyaka period, Ᾱ ryans tried hard
to understand the reality through wisdom. The decreased significance of Yoga during the
Ᾱ ranyaka period.