Veda
['veidə]
Definition
(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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Examples
- These sagas, epics, and vedas do supply, in addition to arch?ology and philology, a third source of information about those vanished times. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The vedas, says Mr. Basu, were transmitted chiefly in the households by the women. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was no literature except the oral tradition of the Vedas, and that was chiefly monopolized by the Brahmins; there was even less knowledge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Every Aryan people had its long poetical records thus handed down, its sagas (Teutonic), its epics (Greek), its vedas (Old Sanscrit). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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