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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 भारतवर्षः ॥ Bharatavarsha.{{Citation needed}} | | 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 भारतवर्षः ॥ Bharatavarsha.{{Citation needed}} |
| == व्युत्पत्तिः॥Etymology == | | == व्युत्पत्तिः॥Etymology == |
− | 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" />. | + | 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). It is also derived from three other roots according to Swami Dayanand Saraswati.<ref name=":122" /> |
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− | It is also derived from three other roots according to Swami Dayanand Saraswati.{{Citation needed}} | |
| * विद् सत्तायाम् || vid sattāyām (विद्यते || vidyate Dhatupatha 1171) in the meaning "existence" | | * विद् सत्तायाम् || vid sattāyām (विद्यते || vidyate Dhatupatha 1171) in the meaning "existence" |
| * विद् विचारणे || vid vicāraṇe (विन्ते || vinte Dhatupatha 1451) in the meaning "enquiry" | | * विद् विचारणे || vid vicāraṇe (विन्ते || vinte Dhatupatha 1451) in the meaning "enquiry" |
| * विद् लाभे || vid lābhe (विन्दति || vindati 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 || Veda, आम्नायः || Amnaya, त्रयी || Trayi, श्रुतिः || Shruti are synonymous according to अमरकोशः ॥ Amarakosha.{{Citation needed}} | + | The four terms वेदः || Veda, आम्नायः || Amnaya, त्रयी || Trayi, श्रुतिः || Shruti are synonymous according to अमरकोशः ॥ Amarakosha. |
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| 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> |