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VEDA (4)
VEDA (4)
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the
collective
designation of the ancient
sacred
literature of
India
or of the individual books belonging to that literature. The principle examples of this
voluminous
religious collection, the whole of which comprises more than one hundred books, are the
Rig-Veda
, the
Yajur-Veda
, the
Sama-Veda
and the
Atharva-Veda
.
See also
Rig
-
Veda
,
Yajur-Veda
,
Sama-Veda
and
Atharva-Veda
in this glossary.
—Creation of Human
Ability
Glossary (app 10.7.90)