Upanishad calls such a person Brāhmaṇa - not by birth, but by qualifications.

The intelligent person who finds out that the impermanent world cannot provide him permanent happiness, approaches a Guru with reverence.

The three are together called Preyas, while the real goal (Moksha) is called Shreyas.

Ādi Śaṅkara compares Śāstram to a mother who coaxes and sometimes even threatens a little, so the child's welfare is preserved.

There are around 20,000 mantras in the 4 vedas put together.

Vedas are called Apaurushēyam (not of human origin), as they were revealed by Bhagavān through the Rishis.

The Sūtra literature are man-made cryptic statements consisting of Vedic teaching only.

Purāṇas present the important ideas of the Vedas in story form.

The word Itihāsa means - it happened this way indeed!

The Ṛgveda consists of poetic verses, the Yajurveda of prose mantras, and the Sāmaveda of mantras set to musical tunes.