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By the last decades of the 21st century, church worship will still take the form of reading passages of traditional texts - the Bible, the Koran, the Rig Veda - but physicist-priests will preside over the ceremonies.
Frank Tipler

Meaning of "Veda" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VEDA

From Sanskrit: knowledge; related to veda I know.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VEDA

Veda  [ˈveɪdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VEDA

noun
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conjunction
determiner
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Veda is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VEDA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Veda

Vedas

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. The Vedas are apauruṣeya. They are supposed to have been directly revealed, and thus are called śruti, distinguishing them from other religious texts, which are called smṛti. In Hindu tradition, the creation of Vedas is credited to Brahma. The Vedic texts or śruti are organized around four canonical collections of metrical material known as Saṃhitās, of which the first three are related to the performance of yajna in historical Vedic religion: ▪ The Rigveda, containing hymns to be recited by the hotar, or presiding priest; ▪ The Yajurveda, containing formulas to be recited by the adhvaryu or officiating priest; ▪ The Samaveda, containing formulas to be sung by the udgatar or priest that chants; ▪ The Atharvaveda, a collection of spells and incantations, apotropaic charms and speculative hymns. The individual verses contained in these compilations are known as mantras.

Definition of Veda in the English dictionary

The definition of Veda in the dictionary is any or all of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism, esp the Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VEDA


Ada
ˈeɪdə
aider
ˈeɪdə
alameda
ˌæləˈmeɪdə
Atharva-Veda
əˈtɑːvəˈveɪdə
Ayurveda
ˈɑːjʊˌveɪdə
crusader
kruːˈseɪdə
Ede
ˈeɪdə
evader
ɪˈveɪdə
grader
ˈɡreɪdə
Grenada
ɡrɛˈneɪdə
invader
ɪnˈveɪdə
lader
ˈleɪdə
Nader
ˈneɪdə
pervader
pəˈveɪdə
raider
ˈreɪdə
Rig-Veda
rɪɡˈveɪdə
Sama-Veda
ˈsɑːməˈveɪdə
shader
ˈʃeɪdə
trader
ˈtreɪdə
Yajur-Veda
ˈjʌdʒʊəˈveɪdə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VEDA

Vedaic
Vedaism
vedalia
Vedanta
Vedantic
Vedantism
Vedantist
Vedda
Veddah
Veddoid
vedette
vedette boat
Vedic

WORDS THAT END LIKE VEDA

al-Qaeda
Andromeda
Avellaneda
Baeda
Breda
Drogheda
El Beda
Japanese andromeda
kheda
Klaipeda
Leda
marsh andromeda
parallelepipeda
reseda

Synonyms and antonyms of Veda in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Veda» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VEDA

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The translations of Veda from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Veda» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吠陀
1,325 millions of speakers

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Veda
570 millions of speakers

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Veda
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वेद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فيدا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Веда
278 millions of speakers

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Veda
270 millions of speakers

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বেদ
260 millions of speakers

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Veda
220 millions of speakers

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Veda
190 millions of speakers

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Veda
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヴェーダ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

베다
85 millions of speakers

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Veda
85 millions of speakers
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Veda
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேதத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

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वेद
75 millions of speakers

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Veda
70 millions of speakers

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Veda
65 millions of speakers

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Veda
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Веда
40 millions of speakers

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Veda
30 millions of speakers
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Veda
15 millions of speakers
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Veda
14 millions of speakers
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Veda
10 millions of speakers
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Veda
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Veda

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QUOTES WITH «VEDA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Veda.
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Frank Tipler
By the last decades of the 21st century, church worship will still take the form of reading passages of traditional texts - the Bible, the Koran, the Rig Veda - but physicist-priests will preside over the ceremonies.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VEDA»

Discover the use of Veda in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Veda and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and ...
With these words, Philip Goldberg begins his monumental work, American Veda, a fascinating look at India’s remarkable impact on Western culture.
Philip Goldberg, 2010
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The Rig Veda
Inspirational and profound, it provides a fascinating introduction to one of the founding texts of Hindu scripture - an awesome and venerable ancient work of Vedic ritual, prayer, philosophy, legend and faith.
Wendy Doniger, 2005
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Medicine in the Veda: Religious Healing in the Veda : with ...
illust., map - Transl and annot. of Medical Hymns from the rgveda and the Atharvaveda..
Kenneth G. Zysk, 1998
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Rig-Veda-Sanhitá: The sixth and part of the seventh ashṭaka
Horace Hayman Wilson, Edward Byles Cowell, William Frederick Webster. 3. 1Soma, give us strength, give us wisdom, drive away our enemies ; and make us happy. 4. 2 Priests, press out the Soma for Indra to drink ; (0 Soma), make us happy ...
Horace Hayman Wilson, Edward Byles Cowell, William Frederick Webster, 1888
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Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture
In the Salnhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanisads the terms “Veda,” “ Vedas,” and their equivalents are used both in an abstract sense to refer to “ knowledge” or “Word,” and in a concrete sense to refer to a circumscribed body of texts.
Barbara A. Holdrege, 2012
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The Vernacular Veda: Revelation, Recitation, and Ritual
One Hindu community's passionate commitment to a poem written for the masses.
Vasudha Narayanan, 1994
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The Tamil Veda: Pillan's Interpretation of the Tiruvaymoli
In this multifaceted work, John Carman and Vasudha Narayanan clarify historical developments in South Asian religion and make important contributions to the methodology of textual interpretation and the comparative study of world religions.
John Carman, 1989
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Meditations Through the Rig Veda: Four-Dimensional Man
This book reconstructs the original and origins of the Rig Veda, (between 5.000 to 2.500 B.C, ) the first Indo-European written document ever to show the origin of cultures and the power of music in the recitation and construction of the ...
Antonio T. De Nicolás, 2003
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The Secret of the Veda
Is there at all or is there still a secret of the Veda? Sri Aurobindo asks in the opening sentence of this book.
Sri Aurobindo, 1998
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Reading the Fifth Veda: Studies on the Mahābhārata - Essays ...
Bringing together Hiltebeitel's major essays on the the Mah?bh?rata, the R?m?ya?a, and the south Indian cults of Draupad? and K?tt???avar along with new articles written especially for this collection, this two volume work offers a ...
Alf Hiltebeitel, Vishwa Adluri, Joydeep Bagchee, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VEDA»

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Onir signs British actress Wendy Glenn to play Gertrude in Veda
Shot in the city of Manchester, UK, Veda is a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Veda also marks one of the first Bollywood films to shoot ... «Bollywood Hungama, Jun 15»
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VEDA announces $12 million in loans
The quasi-independent organization, called VEDA, has been in operation since 1974 and gives low-rate loans that private banks may find too risky, according to ... «vtdigger.org, Jun 15»
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Business credit demand perks up: Veda
That's the assessment of credit data provider Veda after its business credit demand index rose by annual rate of 2.4 per cent as of the March quarter and ... «Yahoo7 News, Apr 15»
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Identity theft: More than 770000 Australians victims in past year
More than three quarters of a million Australians were the victims of identity theft in the past year, costing the average victim about $4,000, credit bureau Veda ... «ABC Online, Apr 15»
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Vedic University to be set up in Kerala
A vedic university, giving thrust to the studies of ancient traditions of spirituality especially Veda and Tantra, is likely to come up in Kerala soon. The Travancore ... «Hindu Business Line, Apr 15»
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180 students attend Veda Vidya Sammelanam
It was a congregation of students who arrived from across the State to exhibit their expertise in Veda Parayanam at the two-day 16th Uttarandhra Veda Vidya ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
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PEP eyes selldown of $386m Veda stake ahead of escrow expiring
PRIVATE equity firm, Pacific Equity Partners, has sold a $381.8 million stake in the credit checking firm, Veda, after brokers pitched potential investors about the ... «The Australian, Feb 15»
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Veda swings to first-half profit
Data company Veda Group will benefit from a lengthening list of regulatory and market changes that require extensive identity checks, but has kept its low ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
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Veda first to launch Passport Verification Service
New Zealand's leading credit bureau, Veda, has extended its extensive suite of electronic identity verification products to include a real-time Passport ... «Scoop.co.nz, Nov 14»
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Australians should check their credit history or run the risk of being …
One of the nation's largest credit reporting agencies, Veda, found Australians could be knocked back on a credit application if they don't take immediate action to ... «Herald Sun, Sep 14»

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