वेद vēd

H بيد बेद bed [S. वेद], s.m. The sacred scriptures of the Hindūs; — (The original Veda is believed to have been revealed by Brahmā and to have been preserved by tradition until it was arranged in its present order by a certain sage who thence obtained the surname of Vyās or Vedavyās, i.e. compiler of the Vedas: — He distributed the sacred writings into four parts, viz. 1˚, the Rig-veda; 2˚ the Yajush or Yajur-Veda; 3˚, the Sāma-Veda; 4˚, the Atharva-Veda); — divine knowledge; faith, certainty: — bed-āng (veda+anga), s.m. The general term for the six auxiliary or subordinate branches of the Vedas, viz. (1), Śikshā, or the rules of pronunciation and recital; (2), Kalpa, or the details of religious ceremonies; (3), Vyākaraṇ, or grammar; (4), Ćhand, or prosody; (5), Nirukti, or the explanation of difficult, obscure, or obsolete words that occur in the Vedas; (6), Jyotis or astronomy.

वेद vēda ved (nm) the most ancient and sacred scriptures of the Hindus, four in number, viz, ऋग्वेद, यजुर्वेद, सामवेद, अथर्ववेद; knowledge, divine knowledge.

S ويد वेद veda, vulg. ved, bed , s.m. Knowing, knowledge, science, learning; 'the true knowledge,' divine knowledge; the sacred scriptures of the Hindūs, &c. (see bed)