Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Veda"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Veda \Ve"da\ (?; 277), n. [Skr. v?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.

Note: The language of the Vedas is usually called Vedic
Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more
settled form called classical Sanskrit.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Veda
n : any of the Hindu sacred writing [syn: {Veda}, {Samhita}]

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