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== परिचयः|| Introduction ==
 
== परिचयः|| Introduction ==
The great Vedic commentator, of the thirteenth century, सायणाचार्यः ॥ [[Sayanacharya (सायनाचार्यः)|Sayanacharya]] has given a definition of the वेदः ॥ Veda. <blockquote>इष्टप्राप्ति - अनिष्टपरिहर्योर - अलौकिकम् - उपयम् यो ग्रन्थो वेदयति स वेदः ||{{Citation needed}}</blockquote><blockquote>iṣṭaprāpti - aniṣṭapariharyora - alaukikam - upayam yo grantho vedayati sa vedaḥ ||</blockquote>Meaning : The scripture, which describes the divine method for obtaining what is desirable and for giving up what is undesirable, is called वेदः ॥ Veda.  
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The great Vedic commentator, of the thirteenth century, सायणाचार्यः ॥ [[Sayanacharya (सायनाचार्यः)|Sayanacharya]] has given a definition of the वेदः ॥ Veda. <blockquote>इष्टप्राप्ति - अनिष्टपरिहर्योर् - अलौकिकम् - उपायम् यो ग्रन्थो वेदयति स वेदः || iṣṭaprāpti - aniṣṭapariharyora - alaukikam - upayam yo grantho vedayati sa vedaḥ ||<ref name=":62">Dvivedi, Kapil Dev. (2000) ''Vaidika Sahitya evam Samskrti (Vedic Literature and Culture).'' Varanasi: Vishvavidyalaya Prakashan. (Pages 1 and 2)</ref></blockquote>Meaning : The scripture, which describes the divine method for obtaining what is desirable and for giving up what is undesirable, is called वेदः ॥ Veda.  
    
This definition presents the purpose of the वेदः ॥ Veda. According to another definition, as per the Paribhasha sutras of अपस्तम्बः || Apastamba,<blockquote>मन्त्र - ब्रह्मन्योर् - वेदनामधेयम् || mantra - brahmanyor - vedanāmadheyam || (Apas. Pari. 33)<ref>Apastamba Paribhasha Sutras ([https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.273855/2015.273855.The-Apastamba#page/n17/mode/2up Kanda 1])</ref> </blockquote>Meaning : The वेदः ॥ Veda is the name given to the मन्त्राः ॥ Mantras and the ब्राह्मणानि ॥ Brahmanas.  
 
This definition presents the purpose of the वेदः ॥ Veda. According to another definition, as per the Paribhasha sutras of अपस्तम्बः || Apastamba,<blockquote>मन्त्र - ब्रह्मन्योर् - वेदनामधेयम् || mantra - brahmanyor - vedanāmadheyam || (Apas. Pari. 33)<ref>Apastamba Paribhasha Sutras ([https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.273855/2015.273855.The-Apastamba#page/n17/mode/2up Kanda 1])</ref> </blockquote>Meaning : The वेदः ॥ Veda is the name given to the मन्त्राः ॥ Mantras and the ब्राह्मणानि ॥ Brahmanas.  
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The four terms वेदः || Veda, आम्नायः || Amnaya, त्रयी || Trayi, श्रुतिः || Shruti are synonymous according to अमरकोशः ॥ Amarakosha.  
 
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>
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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><ref name=":62" />
 
# श्रुतिः || Shruti
 
# श्रुतिः || Shruti
 
# अनुश्रवम् || Anushrava
 
# अनुश्रवम् || Anushrava
 
# त्रयी || Trayi
 
# त्रयी || Trayi
# आम्नयः || Amnaya
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# आम्नायः || Amnaya
 
# समाम्नायः || Samamnaya
 
# समाम्नायः || Samamnaya
 
# छन्दः || Chanda
 
# छन्दः || Chanda

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