vedação : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vedação	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Veda n (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads Synonym(s): Vedic literature, 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.