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Rig-Ve·da    Audio Help   [rig-vey-duh, -vee-duh] Pronunciation Key
–noun Hinduism.
one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
Also, Rig·ve·da.
Compare Veda.


[Origin: < Skt ṛgveda]

Rig·ve·dic    Audio Help   [rig-vey-dik, -vee-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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Rig-Ve·da also Rig Ve·da or Rig·ve·da    Audio Help   (rĭg-vā'də, -vē'də)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The most ancient collection of Hindu sacred verses, consisting principally of hymns to various deities.


[Sanskrit gvedaḥ : k, verse, sacred text + vedaḥ, knowledge, veda; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

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