त्रयी विद्या

Sanskrit

Noun

त्रयी विद्या (trayī vidyā) f

1. the threefold knowledge, as embodied in the Rigveda, Yajurveda, and Samaveda, and their respective offices, reciting hymns, performing sacrifices, and chanting. (ŚBr., AitBr., etc.)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0457