VEDA

veda. Veda, n. a sacred book among the Hindoos, of which there are four

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Ve″da (?; 277), n. [[Skr. vēda, properly, knowledge, from vid to know. See Wit.]] The ancient sacred literature of the Hindoos; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature. ☞ The language of the Vedas is usually called Vedic Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more settled form called classical Sanskrit.