Vedavidya, Vedavidyā: 5 definitions
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Vedavidya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Vedavidyā (वेदविद्या) refers to the “Vedic lore”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.4 (“The Tripuras are initiated).—Accordingly, as Nārada said to the Lord of the Three Cities: “A certain sage, very virtuous and excellent master of lores has arrived here. He possesses complete knowledge of the Vedic lore (vedavidyā-parānvita). Many cults have been observed by me but none of them is like his. Seeing the eternal virtue in this cult we have got ourselves initiated into it. O great king, O excellent Asuras, if you have any interest in that cult, you shall get yourself initiated into it”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Vedavidyā (वेदविद्या) or Vedavidyāvaṭikā refers to one of the topics discussed in the Rasakaumudī, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Rasakaumudī by Mādhavakara represents a treatise on practice of medicine and therapeutics. It is a leading work on Hindu medicine, very largely studied in Bengal containing causes and symptoms of diseases. It contains 3,092 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Vedavidyā-vaṭikā in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: pramehādhikāre,—vedavidyāvaṭikā .
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Vedavidyā (वेदविद्या).—[feminine] the knowledge of the Veda.
Vedavidyā (वेदविद्या):—[=veda-vidyā] [from veda] f. knowledge of the V°
Vedavidyā (वेदविद्या):—f. Veda-Kunde: vidyādhigama [MAITRYUP. 4, 3.] vid [Kathāsaritsāgara 27, 164.] vidyātmaka [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 102, 20.] vidyādhipa [PAÑCAR. 1, 8, 24.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Vedavedanga, Vidya, Veda.
Starts with (+0): Vedavidyadhigama, Vedavidyadhipa, Vedavidyatmaka, Vedavidyavatika, Vedavidyavid, Vedavidyavratasnata.
Full-text (+0): Vedavidyavid, Vedavidyavatika, Vedavidyavratasnata, Vedavidyadhigama, Vedavidyadhipa, Vedavidyatmaka, Vratasnata, Vidyavedavratavat, Vidyavedavratasnata.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 56 < [Volume 5 (1879)]
Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas (by Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad)
Authorship of the Puranas < [Chapter 3 - Puranas: Their classification and contents]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 169 < [Hindi-Marathi-English Volume 2]
Puranesu puranamahattvam < [Purana, Volume 1, Part 2 (1960)]
Shakhas of the Rigveda as mentioned in the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 1 (1964)]
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 36 - The Efficacy of Listening to the Purāṇa < [Section 4 - Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya]