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vay duh

  • n  (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
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  • Max Mueller in Organiser
    It is difficult to say how Sarasvati came to be deified. The river was worshipped as a goddess as early as in the Rig Veda, but the Indus, which is equally important as a river, never enters the pantheon. I assume that many of the 'rishis' (seers)... Michel Danino http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Danino&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEQ6FUG16PEIR03kLzEFC9ATn_Cmw Thaindian.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/did-the-sarasvati-river-of-exist_100379069.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGFOYilLjVZWPZu8SAyEl4TkV2aCw Jun 11, 2010 107314 140634 veda To satisfy their curiosity, Max Mueller explained, It was spoken in Sanskrit language in which the first shloka from the Rig Veda is recited - Agnimah iley purohitam."

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