Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The oldest and most authoritative body of sacred Hindu texts, composed in Sanskrit and gathered into four collections.
- noun Any of these collections.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sacred scripture of the ancient Hindus, written in an older form or dialect of Sanskrit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called
Rig-Veda ,Yajur-Veda ,Sama-Veda , andAtharva-Veda , constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Hinduism A large body of texts originating in Ancient
India . They form the oldest layer ofSanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts ofHinduism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
Etymologies
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Examples
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Atharva Veda Veda cha implies that the Atharvans were not generally included under the term Veda by which the first three Vedas only were meant.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The English word video comes from the word Veda, which means, “to see and realize the truth.”
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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The English word video comes from the word Veda, which means, “to see and realize the truth.”
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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The English word video comes from the word Veda, which means, “to see and realize the truth.”
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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We are the keepers and carriers of a library of knowledge, which is called the Veda, or Vedas.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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The first half of the story (when Captain Veda was driven by revenge and when there were lots of plot twists) was better paced than the second half (the time skips were much larger and the revenge took a back seat to the new galactic threat), but even so, it still doesn't get much better than this.
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We are the keepers and carriers of a library of knowledge, which is called the Veda, or Vedas.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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We are the keepers and carriers of a library of knowledge, which is called the Veda, or Vedas.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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The first half of the story (when Captain Veda was driven by revenge and when there were lots of plot twists) was better paced than the second half (the time skips were much larger and the revenge took a back seat to the new galactic threat), but even so, it still doesn't get much better than this.
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Modern Hindus when not influenced by the language of European scholars apply the word Veda especially to the Upanishads.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896
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