Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Veda \Ve"da\ (?; 277), n. [Skr. v?da, properly, knowledge, from
   vid to know. See {Wit}.]
   The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the
   four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and
   Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that
   literature.

   Note: The language of the Vedas is usually called Vedic
         Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more
         settled form called classical Sanskrit.

Source : WordNet®

Veda
     n : (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most
         ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early
         Sanskrit; traditionallly believed to comprise the
         Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the
         Upanishads [syn: {Vedic literature}]