Vē'dā or Vē'di, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Skr. vēda, properly knowledge, from vid, to know.] The ancient sacred literature of the Hindoos; also, one of the four collections, called Rīg-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sāma-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions and members of that literature.