Rig Veda

noun

variants or less commonly Rig-Veda or Rigveda

plural Rig Veda or Rigveda also Rig-Veda

Hinduism

: the foremost and oldest collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns compare atharva veda , sama veda , yajur veda

Word History

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined above

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