वेद

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[edit] Sanskrit

[edit] Etymology 1

From class-1 dhatu √vid, lemma वेत्ति (vetti), to know, understand), itself from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

[edit] Noun

वेद (véda) m.

  1. knowledge, true or sacred knowledge or lore, knowledge of ritual
    यः समिधा य आहुती यो वेदेन ददाश मर्तो अग्नये |
    यो नमसा सवध्वरः ||
    yaḥ samidhā ya āhutī yo vedena dadāśa marto aghnaye |
    yo namasā svadhvaraḥ ||
    The mortal who hath ministered to Agni with oblation, fuel, ritual lore,
    And reverence, skilled in sacrifice.
  2. Veda
  3. Name of the number "four"
  4. feeling, perception
  5. = वृत्त (vṛtta) (v.l. वित्त (vitta))

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[edit] Etymology 2

From root √vid.

[edit] Noun

वेद (veda) m.

  1. finding, obtaining, acquisition
    सुवेद (su-veda)easy to be found or obtained

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[edit] Etymology 3

Perhaps connected with √ve (to weave or bind together).

[edit] Noun

वेद (vedá) m.

  1. a tuft or bunch of strong grass (कुश (kuśa) or मुञ्ज (muñja)) made into a broom (and used for sweeping, making up the sacrificial fire etc., in rites)

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[edit] Etymology 4

[edit] Proper noun

वेद (Veda) m.

  1. Name of a pupil of आयोद (āyoda).

[edit] 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 1015
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