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Ve⋅dic

[vey-dik, vee-]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the Veda or Vedas.
2. of or pertaining to the Aryans who settled in India c1500 b.c., or to their literature or religion.
–noun
3. Also called Vedic Sanskrit. the language of the Veda, closely related to classical Sanskrit.

Origin:
1855–60; Ved(a) + -ic
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Ve·dic   (vā'dĭk, vē'-)   
adj.  Of or relating to the Veda or Vedas, the variety of Sanskrit in which they are written, or the Hindu culture that produced them.
n.  The early Sanskrit in which the Vedas are written.
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