- Vedic literature, Veda - (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
--1 is a kind of sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
--1 has particulars: Samhita; Brahmana; Aranyaka; Vedanga