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Vedic

adjective
1.
Of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written.



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"Vedic" Quotes from Famous Books



... of reincarnation in the Vedic hymns has been disputed; this proves nothing more than the present fragmentary condition of the Vedas. Nothing, indeed, could be more absurd than to find that the sacred Scriptures of India had maintained silence on a doctrine ...
— Reincarnation - A Study in Human Evolution • Th. Pascal
... predestined mouthpieces of such a message; always what purported to be the word of God has proved to be either powerless to make itself heard, or powerful only to the begetting of hideous moral and social corruptions. God spoke (it is said) through the Vedic rishis, the sages of the Himalayas—and the result has been caste, cow-worship, suttee, abominations of asceticism, and nameless orgies of sensuality. God spoke through Moses, and the result was—Judaism! God spoke through Jesus, and the result was Arianism and ...
— God and Mr. Wells - A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' • William Archer
... Laws of Manu, i.: "In Vedic mythology Manu is the heros eponymos of the human race and by his nature belongs both to gods and to men" (p. 57). Cf. Burnell and Hopkins, Ordinances of Manu, ...
— Folklore as an Historical Science • George Laurence Gomme


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