'Veda' definitions:
Definition of 'Veda'
From: WordNet
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 [syn: Vedic literature, Veda]
Definition of 'Veda'
From: GCIDE
- Veda \Ve"da\ (v[=a]"d[.a]or v[=e]"d[.a]; 277), n. [Skr. v[=e]da, properly, knowledge, from vid to know. See Wit.] The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The language of the Vedas is usually called
- Vedic Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more settled form called
- classical Sanskrit. [1913 Webster]