Veda
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- Veda (n.)
- ancient sacred Hindu book, 1734, from Sanskrit veda, literally "knowledge, understanding," especially "sacred knowledge," from root vid- "to know," from PIE root *weid- "to see" (related to wit, and to Avestan vaeda "I know," Latin videre "to see;" see vision (n.)). The books are the Rig-, Yajur-, Sama-, and Atharva-veda.
Example
- 1. Neither through veda nor through tantra nor the six darsanas .
- 2. Rig veda is acclaimed as the oldest extant literature available to humans .
- 3. It 's a terrible situation for veda !
- 4. The veda is also regarded as the basis of all the later shastraic texts used in hindu doctrine and practice .
- 5. A hymn is also dedicated to him alone in rig veda .