Hypernym

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writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity

Instance_Hypernym

Samhita 1

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one of four collections of sacred texts

Brahmana 1

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prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the brahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals

Aranyaka 1

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a treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest

Vedanga 1

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Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology

Domain_of_synset_-_TOPIC

Hinduism 2

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a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils

Sanskrit 1

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(Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes

Vedic literature 1

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Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

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Definicja

(from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads

Synonimy

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(from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads

Hyponym

itihasa 1

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Hindu narrative traditions composed during the period 500 BCE to 1000 CE.

Instance_Hyponym

Samhita 1

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one of four collections of sacred texts

Brahmana 1

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prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the brahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals

Aranyaka 1

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a treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest

Vedanga 1

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Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology

Member_of_this_domain_-_TOPIC

Hinduism 2

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Sanskrit 1

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(Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes