Vedicadj.n.
/ˈveɪdɪk/, /ˈviːdɪk/, U.S. /ˈveɪdɪk/, /ˈvidɪk/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to, contained or mentioned in, contemporary with, the Vedas.
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Vedic1848
Rigvedic1862
Vedaic1865
Upanishadic1921
1848 Rep. 17th Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1847 321 It may be observed that in the Vedic hymns..some dialectic differences and many grammatical discrepancies occur.
1859 F. M. Müller Hist. Sanskrit Lit. 10 The sacred literature of the Vedic age.
1859 F. M. Müller Hist. Sanskrit Lit. 11 The..publication of all Vedic texts and commentaries.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel ix. 558 The old Vedic worship was a libation to the god of fire.
1873 W. D. Whitney Oriental & Ling. Stud. 1 A general view of the whole body of Vedic literature.
1884 American 8 90 There are still orthodox Brahmans, who..maintain old Vedic sacrifices.
B. n.
The language of the Vedas, an early form of Sanskrit.
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Vedic1853
Rigvedic1944
1853 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 3 297 In many of the points in which Vedic and Sanskrit disagree, the former strikingly approaches its next neighbors to the westward, the language of the Avesta [etc.].
1890 Schrumpf First Aryan Reader p. xi Specimen B ought to have preceded specimen A, as Vedic is older than Sanskrit.
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