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Four terms वेदः, आम्नायः, त्रयी, श्रुतिः are synonymous according to Amarakosha.
Four terms वेदः, आम्नायः, त्रयी, श्रुतिः are synonymous according to 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>
# निगमम् || Nigamam
# निगमम् || Nigamam
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 and other 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.
== Vedotpatti ==
== Vedotpatti ==
Shabdakalpadruma says
Shabdakalpadruma says