Found 3 hits - Term: rig-veda, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rig-veda \rig`-ve"da\
see veda.
1913 webster
see also:
veda
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
veda \ve"da\ v=a"d.aor v=e"d.a; 277, n. skr. v=eda,
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.
1913 webster
note: the language of the vedas is usually called
vedic sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more
settled form called
classical sanskrit.
1913 webster
see also:
wit rig-veda yajur-veda sama-veda atharva-veda vedic sanskrit
classical sanskrit
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
rig-veda
n : a veda consisting of a collection of hindu poems dating from
before 2000 bc
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