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Veda vs Shakha - What's the difference?

veda | shakha |

As a verb veda

is .

As a noun shakha is

(hinduism) a term used to refer either to a school of the vedas, or to the traditional texts followed by a school.

veda

English

(wikipedia Veda)

Proper noun

(Vedas)
  • (Hinduism) A large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "Veda")

    Hyponyms

    * Rigveda * Yajurveda * Samaveda * Atharvaveda

    Related terms

    * Vedic * Vedic Sanskrit

    External links

    * (Vedas)

    Anagrams

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    shakha

    English

    (wikipedia shakha)

    Alternative forms

    * Shakha

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Hinduism) a term used to refer either to a school of the Vedas, or to the traditional texts followed by a school.
  • * 1916 , R. V. Russell, The Tribes And Castes Of The Central Provinces Of India , page 360:
    • It is held that the ancient Rishis or saints, like the Jewish patriarchs, lived far beyond the ordinary span of existence, and hence had time to learn all the Vedas and their commentaries. But this was impossible for their short-lived descendants, and hence each Veda has been divided into a number of Sh?khas' or branches, and the ordinary Br?hman only learns one ' Sh?kha of one Veda.