Vedic

Ve·dic

V0042100 (vā′dĭk, vē′-)adj. Of or relating to the Veda or Vedas, the variety of Sanskrit in which they are written, or the Hindu culture that produced them.n. The early Sanskrit in which the Vedas are written.

Vedic

(ˈveɪdɪk) adj1. (Other Non-Christian Religions) of or relating to the Vedas or the ancient form of Sanskrit in which they are written2. (Peoples) of or relating to the ancient Indo-European settlers in India, regarded as the originators of many of the traditions preserved in the Vedasn (Languages) the classical form of Sanskrit; the language of the Vedas

Ve•dic

(ˈveɪ dɪk, ˈvi-)

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Veda or Vedas. n. 2. Also called Ve′dic San′skrit. the language of the Vedas, closely related to classical Sanskrit. [1855–60]

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Adj.

Vedic - of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written; "the Vedic literature"

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Vedic

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Vedic

an Indo-Aryan language found in the Rig-Veda and the Atharva-Veda, ancient manuscripts of Indian literature. An early form of the Vedic language (11 and tenth centuries B.C.) is used in the second to eighth mandalas (books) of the Rig-Veda, and a later form (tenth-eighth centuries B.C.) in the tenth mandala and elsewhere in the Rig-Veda and Atharva-Veda.

The difference between the early and late periods of Vedic are not only chronological but also dialectal. The early Vedic language, based on the northwestern dialect with traces of different dialectal influences, is characterized by the presence of hiatus in medial positions and across word boundaries, lax observance of sandhi, the presence in the vocabulary of many words associated with priestly rituals, the presence of alternate case forms, great diversity of absolute and infinitive forms, and the presence of compounded words consisting primarily of two, and rarely three, components. In the late Vedic language sandhi is more strictly observed; old words associated with ritual sacrifice became obsolete, a tendancy to eliminate alternate case forms appeared, and many old absolute and infinitive forms became obsolete.

REFERENCES

MacDonnell, A. A. A Vedic Grammar. Strasbourg, 1910.
Grassmann, H. Wörterbuch zum Rig-Veda. Leipzig, 1873-75.

V. M. BESKROVNYI

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