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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The most ancient collection of Hindu sacred verses, consisting principally of hymns to various deities.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • See Veda.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Sanskrit r̥gvedaḥ : r̥k, verse, sacred text + vedaḥ, knowledge, veda; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

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