Itihasa-Purana are fifth Veda:(Vedic References)

Itihasa-Puranas are fifth Veda:(Vedic References)

1) (Gopatha Brahmana, purva 2.10)

evam ime sarva veda nirmitah sa-kalpah sa-rahasyah sa-brahmanah sopanisatkah setihasah sanvakhyatah sa-puranan


"In this way, all the Vedas were manifested along with the Kalpas, Rahasyas, Brahmanas, Upanisads, Itihasas, Anvakhyatas and the Puranas." http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/brahmana.htm

2) (Atharva Veda 11.7.24)

rcah samani chandamsi puranam yajusa saha
ucchistaj-jajnire sarve divi deva divi-sritah


"The Rg, Sama, Yajur and Atharva became manifest from the Lord, along with the Puranas and all the Devas residing in the heavens."

3) (Atharva Veda 15.6.10–12)
sa brhatim disam anu vyacalat tam itihasas ca puranam ca gathas ca itihasasya ca sa vai puranasya ca gathanam ca narasamsinam ca priyam dhama bhavati ya evam veda

"He approached the brhati meter, and thus the Itihasas, Puranas, Gathas and Narasamsis became favorable to him. One who knows this verily becomes the beloved abode of the Itihasas, Puranas, Gathas and Narasamsis"

http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/atharva_veda.htm

4) Taittiriya Aranyaka (2.9) states
yad brahmananitihasa-puranani:
"The Itihasas and Puranas are Vedas."

http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/aranyak.htm

5) Chandogya upanishad (7.1.2) & (7.1.4) mentions purana as pancam veda(fifth veda)-itihāsapurāṇaṃ pañcamaṃ vedānāṃ.

http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/chhaandogya.pdf
6) In Brhadaranyaka Upanishad- 2.4.10

2.4.10. 'As clouds of smoke proceed by themselves out of a lighted fire kindled with damp fuel, thus, verily, O Maitreyî, has been breathed forth from this great Being what we have as Rig-veda, Yagur-veda, Sama-veda, Atharvâṅgirasas, Itihâsa (legends), Purâna (cosmogonies), Vidyâ (knowledge), the Upanishads, Slokas (verses), Sûtras (prose rules), Anuvyâkhyânas (glosses), Vyâkhyânas (commentaries) 1. From him alone all these were breathed forth

its clearly stated that puranas have also come from Supreme Being. (Its there on page 32 of document below)

http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/brinew-proofed.pdf

Replying to Ram Mani:

"the word vedAnAm veda: refers to grammar without which not even a syllable of veda is understandable.."


To this statement, grammar is put separate from, itihasa and puranas as fifth veda

Its the same throughout their conversation.

Sanatkumara replies to narada

VII-i-4: ‘Name indeed is Rig-Veda, (so also) Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda and the Atharvana as the fourth, the Itihasa-Purana as the fifth, grammar, the rules of the worship of the ancestors, mathematics, the science of portents, the science of treasures, logic, the science of ethics, etymology, the ancillary knowledge of the Vedas, the physical science, the science of war, the science of the stars, the science related to serpents, and the fine arts – name alone is all this. Worship the name.

http://www.celextel.org/108upanishads/chandogya.html?page=7

(Thanks to Haridas)