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Name the two categories of Early Vedic Literature. Why was the Early Vedic Literature known as Shruti?
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The two categories of the Early Vedic Literature were Shruti and Smriti.
The Early Vedic Literature was known as Shruti because it was revealed to the sages by God and they passed on the knowledge orally from generation to generation.
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