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वेदस्vedas

वेदस् (vedas) is a Sanskrit word meaning knowledge or science, property, wealth, the Vedas collectively, acquisition or wealth, wealth or gain, property or wealth. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Knowledge or Science, The Vedas (sacred texts), Wealth, Property, or Gain.

Roots
1. विद् (1. vid), 2. विद् (2. vid)
Etymology
E. विद to know, असुन् aff
Definitions
14
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Meanings by context

Knowledge or Science

5 definitions
Knowledge or science

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Knowledge. 2. Property or wealth.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

knowledge

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

knowledge

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

knowledge

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

The Vedas (sacred texts)

5 definitions
The Vedas collectively

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Vedas collectively

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Vedas collectively

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The Vedas collectively. 2. Wealth.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The Vedas collectively. 2. Acquisition or wealth.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Wealth, Property, or Gain

4 definitions
property, wealth

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

wealth or gain

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

wealth, property

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Property or earnings.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.