• the Vedas
  Vedas
  The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism....
  
  , the oldest preserved Indic texts
  • Vedic Sanskrit
    Vedic Sanskrit
    Vedic Sanskrit is an old Indo-Aryan language. It is an archaic form of Sanskrit, an early descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian. It is closely related to Avestan, the oldest preserved Iranian language...
    
    , the language of these texts
  • Vedic period
    Vedic period
    The Vedic period was a period in history during which the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, were composed. The time span of the period is uncertain. Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the Rigveda, the oldest of the Vedas, was composed roughly between 1700–1100 BCE, also...
    
    , during which these texts were produced
  • Vedic pantheon
    Rigvedic deities
    There are 1028 hymns in the Rigveda, most of them dedicated to specific deities.Indra, a heroic god, slayer of Vrtra and destroyer of the Vala, liberator of the cows and the rivers; Agni the sacrificial fire and messenger of the gods; and Soma the ritual drink dedicated to Indra are the most...
    
     of gods mentioned in Vedas/vedic period
  • the Historical Vedic religion
    Historical Vedic religion
    The religion of the Vedic period is a historical predecessor of Hinduism. Its liturgy is reflected in the mantra portion of the four Vedas, which are compiled in Sanskrit. The religious practices centered on a clergy administering rites...
    
    , of which the Vedas record the liturgy
  • Vedanga
    Vedanga
    The Vedanga are six auxiliary disciplines traditionally associated with the study and understanding of the Vedas.#Shiksha : phonetics, phonology and morphophonology #Kalpa : ritual#Vyakarana : grammar...
    
     "auxiliary disciplines" explaining the Vedas

• Upaveda, traditional Hindu disciplines of scholarship
  • Ayurveda
    Ayurveda
    Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words , meaning "longevity", and , meaning "knowledge" or "science". The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India,...
    
     (medicine)
  • Gandharvaveda (music)
  • Dhanurveda
    Indian martial arts
    The Indian subcontinent is home to a variety of fighting styles. In Sanskrit they may be collectively referred to as ' or '. The former is a compound of the words and , meaning "knowledge of the sword" or "knowledge of weaponry"...
    
     (martial arts)

• in modern usage, anything loosely related to Hindu tradition
  • Hinduism
    Hinduism
    Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
    
     in general
  • Vedic science (disambiguation)
  • Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health, based on Ayurveda
  • Bharati Krishna Tirtha's Vedic mathematics, system of mental calculation
  • Vedic University (disambiguation)
  • Vedic square
    Vedic square
    In ancient Indian mathematics, a Vedic square is a variation on a typical 9 × 9 multiplication table. The entry in each cell is the digital root of the product of the column and row headings i.e...
    
    , multiplication table
  • Vedic metal
    Rudra (band)
    Rudra is a Singaporean band which was formed in 1992, and plays a style of black metal-influenced death metal with interpolations and extended passages of traditional Carnatic music. Additionally, the lyrical content is derived from Sanskrit Vedic literature and philosophy with some songs...
    
    , music genre

• VEDIC microscope technique = Video-enhanced differential interference contrast microscopy
  Differential interference contrast microscopy
  Differential interference contrast microscopy , also known as Nomarski Interference Contrast or Nomarski microscopy, is an optical microscopy illumination technique used to enhance the contrast in unstained, transparent samples...
  
  

See also

• Veda (disambiguation)
  Veda (disambiguation)
  -Hinduism:*The Vedas , part of a set of Hindu texts:**Rigveda**Samaveda**Yajurveda**Atharvaveda*other Śruti scripture:**Brahmanas**Aranyakas**Upanishads**Kalpa **Puranas**Bhagavad Gita*post-Vedic Sanskrit texts :...
  
  
• Fifth Veda
  Fifth Veda
  The notion of a fifth veda , that is, of a text which lies outside than the four canonical Vedas but nonetheless has the status of a Veda, is one that has been advanced in a number of post-Vedic Hindu texts, in order to accord a particular text or texts and their doctrines with the timelessness and...
  
  
• Vedic City, Iowa
  Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa
  Maharishi Vedic City is a city in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. The city was first incorporated in 2001 as "Vedic City" but then officially changed its name to "Maharishi Vedic City" five months later. It was the first city to incorporate in Iowa since 1982...
  
  , now called Maharishi Vedic City, a small settlement in Iowa, USA