title: Vedic science
text: # Vedic science
  
  Vedic science may refer to:
  
  ## Vedic period
  
  * Ayurveda
  * Vedanga, the six ancient disciplines (shastra) subservient to the understanding and tradition of the Vedas
  * Shiksha (śikṣā): phonetics and phonology (sandhi)
  * Chandas (chandas): meter
  * Vyakarana (vyākaraṇa): grammar
  * Nirukta (nirukta): etymology
  * Jyotisha (jyotiṣa): astrology (Hindu astronomy)
  * Kalpa (kalpa): ritual
  
  ## Traditional
  
  * Historical Indian mathematics
  * Traditional Hindu units of measurement
  * Ayurveda, traditional medicine of India
  