資料來源 : pyDict
吠陀[古印度的經典]
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Veda
n : (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most
ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early
Sanskrit; traditionallly believed to comprise the
Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the
Upanishads [syn: {Vedic literature}]