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With the availability of modern technological advancements, vast data on various topics is created, in different parts of the world, dispersed all over the globe. Thus, people generated a large number of genuine as well as falsely interpreted data about the Vedas of Bharatavarsha.   

With the availability of modern technological advancements, vast data on various topics is created, in different parts of the world, dispersed all over the globe. Thus, people generated a large number of genuine as well as falsely interpreted data about the Vedas of Bharatavarsha.   

== व्युत्पत्तिः॥Etymology  ==

== व्युत्पत्तिः॥Etymology  ==

The samskrit word वेद (véda) "knowledge, wisdom" is derived from the root विद् (vid) - ज्ञाने (वेत्ति) in the meaning "to know" (Dhatupatha 1064)<ref name=":122" />.   

The samskrit word वेद (veda) "knowledge, wisdom" is derived from the root विद् (vid) - ज्ञाने (वेत्ति) || jñāne (vetti) in the meaning "to know" (Dhatupatha 1064)<ref name=":122" />.   

It is also derived from three other roots according to Swami Dayanand Saraswati   

It is also derived from three other roots according to Swami Dayanand Saraswati.  

* विद् सत्तायाम् ( विद्यते Dhatupatha 1171) in the meaning "existence"  

* विद् सत्तायाम् || vid sattāyām (विद्यते || vidyate Dhatupatha 1171) in the meaning "existence"  

* विद् विचारणे (विन्ते Dhatupatha 1451) in the meaning "enquiry"  

* विद् विचारणे || vid vicāraṇe (विन्ते || vinte Dhatupatha 1451) in the meaning "enquiry"  

* विद् लाभे (विन्दति Dhatupatha 1433) in the meaning "gain or result"  

* विद् लाभे || vid lābhe (विन्दति || vindati Dhatupatha 1433) in the meaning "gain or result"  

The four terms वेदः, आम्नायः, त्रयी, श्रुतिः are synonymous according to Amarakosha.  

The four terms वेदः || Veda, आम्नायः || Amnaya, त्रयी || Trayi, श्रुतिः || Shruti are synonymous according to अमरकोशः ॥ Amarakosha.  

Nine terms found in literature that are synonymous with the term "Veda" namely<ref>Venkateswara Rao. Potturi (2010) ''Paaramaathika Padakosam'' Hyderabad: Msko Books</ref>

Nine terms found in literature that are synonymous with the term Veda namely<ref>Venkateswara Rao. Potturi (2010) ''Paaramaathika Padakosam'' Hyderabad: Msko Books</ref>

# श्रुति || Shruti

# श्रुतिः || Shruti

# अनुश्रवम् || Anushravam

# अनुश्रवम् || Anushravam

# त्रयी || Trayi

# त्रयी || Trayi

# आम्नय || Amnaya

# आम्नयः || Amnaya

# समम्नय || Samamnaya

# समाम्नायः || Samamnaya

# छन्दः || Chandaha

# छन्दः || Chanda

# स्वाध्यायम् || Swaadhyayam,

# स्वाध्यायः || Svadhyaya

# आगमम् || Aagamam

# आगमः || Agama

# निगमम् || Nigamam

# निगमः || Nigama

The term "Vedic texts" is used in two distinct meanings: Texts composed in Vedic Samskrit during the Vedic period and other texts considered as "connected to the Vedas" or a "ancillary of the Vedas".

The term Vedic texts is used in two distinct meanings:  

* Texts composed in Vedic Samskrit during the Vedic period  

* Texts considered as "connected to the Vedas" or a "ancillary of the Vedas".

The samskrit term veda as a common noun means "knowledge", but can also be used to refer to fields of study unrelated to spiritual knowledge, e.g. in अगद-वेद || agada-veda (medical science), सस्य-वेद || sasya-veda (science of agriculture) or सर्प-वेद || sarpa-veda (science of snakes), already found in the early Upanishads.

The samskrit term veda as a common noun means "knowledge", but can also be used to refer to fields of study unrelated to spiritual knowledge, e.g. in अगद-वेद || agada-veda (medical science), सस्य-वेद || sasya-veda (science of agriculture) or सर्प-वेद || sarpa-veda (science of snakes), already found in the early Upanishads.