veda
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1. (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 (noun.communication)
| instance hyponym | : | samhita, |
| definition | : | one of four collections of sacred texts (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | brahmana, |
| definition | : | prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the bahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | aranyaka, |
| definition | : | a treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | vedanga, |
| definition | : | Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | hindooism, hinduism, |
| definition | : | a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | sanskrit, sanskritic language, |
| definition | : | (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | vedist, |
| definition | : | a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | vedist, |
| definition | : | a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas (noun.person) |
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