Hypernym

noun

writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity

Instance_Hypernym

Samhita 1

noun

one of four collections of sacred texts

Brahmana 1

noun

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

Aranyaka 1

noun

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

Vedanga 1

noun

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

Pertainym (pertains to noun)

Vedic 1

adjective

of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written

Domain_of_synset_-_TOPIC

Hinduism 2

noun

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

noun

(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

Veda 1

noundomain: communication

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

(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

Synonyms

Vedic literature 1
(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

Derivationally related form

Vedist 1

noun

a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas

Hyponym

itihasa 1

noun

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

Instance_Hyponym

Samhita 1

noun

one of four collections of sacred texts

Brahmana 1

noun

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

Aranyaka 1

noun

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

Vedanga 1

noun

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

noun

Sanskrit 1

noun

(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