वेदों की रचना किस भाषा में हुई?

Question

वेदों की रचना किस भाषा में हुई?

1. A. लौकिक संस्कृत
2. B. वैदिक संस्कृत (Correct answer)
3. C. पाली
4. D. प्राकृत

Correct Answer

Option B — वैदिक संस्कृत

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is वैदिक संस्कृत.

Key Points

• The four Vedas — ऋग्वेद, यजुर्वेद, सामवेद, अथर्ववेद — were composed in वैदिक संस्कृत (Vedic Sanskrit), the oldest attested stage of the language.
• लौकिक (Classical) संस्कृत is the later, Panini-standardised form used for the epics, kavya and shastra literature.

Additional Information

• ऋग्वेद is the oldest, and the Gayatri Mantra appears in its third mandala.
• पाली and प्राकृत are Middle Indo-Aryan languages, much later — Pali is the canonical language of Theravada Buddhism.