Explanation:

1. The Brahmanas are a collection of ancient Indian texts with commentaries on the hymns of the four Vedas.

2. Aranyaka a later development of the Brahmanas, or expositions of the Vedas, which were composed in India in about 700 bce.

3. The Upanishads are referred to as the Vedanta. The word Vedanta is a compound word made up of two Sanskrit words: ‘Veda’ and ‘Anta’. The word ‘anta’ means an end.