Vedic
adjective
post-Vedic
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a word derived from
Vedic.
Example Sentences
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To quote his own words: "The germ of the idea ... must be discovered in that nocturnal darkness, that çārvaram tamas, which native mythologists in India had not yet quite forgotten in post-Vedic times."
From Cerberus, The Dog of Hades The History of an Idea by Maurice Bloomfield
The culture of Gaul resembles that of India in certain particulars; both the Gauls and the post-Vedic Aryans, for instance, believed in the doctrine of Transmigration of Souls, and practised "suttee".
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
In India respect for the cow is widespread, but is of post-Vedic origin; there is little actual worship, but the products of the cow are important in magic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
M. Senart points out that the division of the four castes appearing in post-Vedic literature, does not proceed on equal lines.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
Such conceptions as Prakṛiti and the Guṇas colour most of the post-Vedic religious literature.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
