veda Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (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
    Vedic literature.

WordNet

Ve"da noun
Etymology
Skr. vda, properly, knowledge, from vid to know. See Wit.
Definitions
  1. The ancient sacred literature of the Hindoos; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature. ✍ The language of the Vedas is usually called Vedic Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more settled form called classical Sanskrit.

Webster 1913