veda

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Ve=da

CIDE DICTIONARY

veda, n. [Skr. v, 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]
" The language of the Vedas is usually called Vedic Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more settled form called classical Sanskrit."  [1913 Webster]