Home›Wisdom Literature›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups other writings by how the tradition itself classifies them. Wikipedia notes that "Vedas are shruti ('what is heard'), distinguishing them from other religious texts, which are called smrti ('what is remembered')." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor tell a writing classed one way in its own tradition from one classed another.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedOther Writings 1TraditionFilter Results3 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll121,962 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll111,691 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllScholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Era of Decline End YearAll100 (1)550 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll100 BCE (1)380 (1)651 (1)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2004-01-01 (1)2012-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll3000 BCE (2)600 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll3500 BCE (1)3300 BCE (1)1500 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (2)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (2)Living tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllDualist: two opposed cosmic principles (1)Monotheistic: one God (1)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAncient Egyptian ReligionTradition2 entriesMesopotamian ReligionTradition1 entryZoroastrianismTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.