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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Veda \Ve"da\ (v[=a]"d[.a]or v[=e]"d[.a]; 277), noun [Skr. v[=e]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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Veda
noun: (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}]
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