vedic

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Definition of vedic in English Turkish dictionary

Hindu dininin en eski kutsal kitapları veya kullandığı dile ait

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vedic literature

vedik edebiyat

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Definition of vedic in English English dictionary

Of or relating to the Sanskrit language of the Vedas

Of or pertaining to the Vedas

{s} of the Veda, of the sacred writings in Hinduism; of the Vedas, pertaining to each of the four books of the Veda

of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written; "the Vedic literature

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Vedic Sanskrit

The earliest and most archaic form of Sanskrit, as used in the Vedas

Vedic religion

or Vedism Ancient religion of India that was contemporary with the composition of the Vedas and was the precursor of Hinduism. The religion of the Indo-European-speaking peoples who entered India 1500 BCE from the region of present-day Iran, it was a polytheistic system in which Indra was the highest-ranked god. It involved the worship of numerous male divinities connected with the sky and natural phenomena. Ceremonies centred on ritual sacrifice of animals and on the use of soma to achieve trancelike states. These ceremonies, simple in the beginning, grew to be so complex that only trained Brahmans could carry them out correctly. Out of Vedism developed the philosophical concepts of atman and Brahman. The spread (8th-5th century BCE) of the related concepts of reincarnation, karma, and release from the cycle of rebirth through meditation rather than sacrifice marked the end of the Vedic period and the rise of Hinduism. The Hindu initiation ceremony, upanayana, is a direct survivor of Vedic tradition

vedic literature

(from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionallly believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads

Hyphenation

Ve·dic