yajur-veda

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yajur-veda - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Veda \Ve"da\ (v[=a]"d[.a]or v[=e]"d[.a]; 277), n. [Skr. v[=e]da,
     properly, knowledge, from vid to know. See Wit.]
     The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the
     four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda,
     Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most
     ancient portions of that literature.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The language of the Vedas is usually called
  
     Vedic Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more
        settled form called
  
     classical Sanskrit.
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  Yajur-Veda \Yaj"ur-Ve"da\ (y[.a]j"[^u]r-v[=a]`d[.a] or
     y[.a]j"[^u]r-v[=e]`d[.a]), n. [Skr. yajur-v[=e]da.]
     See Veda.
     [1913 Webster]

yajur-veda - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Yajur-Veda
      n 1: a collection of sacrificial formulas and prayers