The second of the sacred books of the Hindûs. The four are:—
(1) The Rig Veda (prayers and hymns in verse);
(2) The Ezour Veda (prayers in prose);
(3) The Samaʹ (prayers to be chanted); and
(4) The Atharvan Veda (formulas of consecration, imprecation, expiation, etc.).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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