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nounone of four collections of sacred texts
Definition that contains samhita
- veda (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
- brahmana prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the brahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals
- vedic literature (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