rig veda

[rig-vey-duh, -vee-duh] Origin

Rig-Ve·da

[rig-vey-duh, -vee-duh]
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:
< Sanskrit ṛgveda

Rig·ve·dic [rig-vey-dik, -vee-] , adjective
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Rig veda
1776, from Skt. rigveda, from rg- "song, praise, knowledge" + veda "knowledge." A thousand hymns, orally transmitted, probably dating from before 1000 B.C.E.
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