Definition of veda

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Veda (n.) 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..

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Yajur-veda :: Yajur-Veda (n.) See Veda.
Vedantist :: Vedantist (n.) One versed in the doctrines of the Vedantas.
Shastra :: Shastra (n.) A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas..
Vedantic :: Vedantic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vedas.
Hindu :: Hindu (n.) A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.
Vedanta :: Vedanta (n.) A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the Anta, or end or substance..
Rig-veda :: Rig-Veda () See Veda.
Sanhita :: Sanhita (n.) A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda..
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Jainism :: "Jainism (n.) The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most striking features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins, above the ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine origin and infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and Buddhism, having some things in common with each..
Veda :: Veda (n.) 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..
Sanskrit :: Sanskrit (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda..
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