a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

the form of Hinduism that revolves primarily around the mythic version and ritual ideologies in the Vedas

(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