# Wéda

Umat Hindu sané ngamolihang wahyu
**Wéda** (Sanskerta: वेद; *veda*, Bali: weda, Jawa: ꦮꦺꦢ "ilmu kaweruhan") inggih punika kitab suci ring Agama Hindu. Kruna Wéda mawit saking basa Sanskerta inggih punika "vid" sané maartos kaweruhan, kauningin, utawi kacingakin. Kitab punika mawentuk pupulan sastra kuno saking India tur madaging makéh kaweruhan indik Agama Hindu.

Ring umat Hindu, kitab Wéda punika kapercaya mawit saking wahyu utawi sabda Tuhan sané suci, tur salanturnyané wahyu punika kalimbakang oleh para umatnyané sané marupa Rsi malarapan antuk orti ka krama sané lianan. Sasampun wénten sasuratan, wahyu punika kalimbakang nganggén sasuratan kitab suci punika.

Wéda kadadosang sastra sané pinih tua sané wénten ring sajebag jagaté, krana mawit saking wahyu Tuhan, nénten wénten anak sané ngaryanin tur abadi. Ring zaman Kaliyuga, Maharsi Wyasa mupulang kitab Wéda dados pat kepahan sané kawastanin Catur Wéda Samhita, kepahannyané minakadiː Rigwéda, Yajurwéda, Samawéda miwah Atharwawéda.

## Etimologi

Manut etimologis, kruna *Veda* mawit saking kruna *vid*, sane ring Basa sanskerta maartos "uning", ring kulawarga basa Basa Indo-Eropa mawit saking kruna *weid*, sane maartos "manggihin" utawi "uning". *weid* taler pinaka akar kruna *wit* ring Basa Inggris, sakadi kruna *visi* ring Basa Latin.

## Kritik

Akeh para analis agama Hindu sane ngakuin yening agama Hindu ngranjing unsur-unsur saking makasami agama kontemporer, tur indik akeh kitab suci, rumasuk Purana Weda, madaging unsur-unsur agama Budha, Jainisme, lan Sikhisme, tur akeh pisan jadma Yunani lan Zoroaster sane ngambil unsur agama sakadi Avesta. *Ahura* nuju Asura, *Deyab* nuju Dewa, *Ahura* nuju Mazda utawi Tauhid, Varuna, Wisnu lan Garuda, Agni Puja, *Umah* utawi *Soma* kawastanin *Som*, *Suargan* nuju *Sudha*, saking Yasna nuju Yojna utawi Bhajan, saking Nariyasangha nuju Narasangsa (sane akeh nyambat ramalan saking Islam nuju Indrama), Sang Gandarewa nuju Gandharwa, Wajra, Vayu, Mantra, Keladi, Ahuti, Humata nuju Sumati, miwah sane lianan.

## Pustaka

### Cutetan

filologis
* Benjamin Walker *Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism*, (Two Volumes), Allen & Unwin, London, 1968; Praeger, New York, 1968; Munshiram Manohar Lal, New Delhi, 1983; Harper Collins, New Delhi, 1985; Rupa, New Delhi, 2005, ISBN 81-291-0670-1.
* Maurice Bloomfield, *A Vedic Concordance*, Harvard Oriental Series, 1907
* Klaus Mylius, *Geschichte der altindischen Literatur*, Wiesbaden (1983).
* Moriz Winternitz *History of Indian Literature*, Vol.1 (Calcutta 1926) p.l

religi
* Sri Aurobindo,*The Secret of the Veda*. Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. 1972.
* Sri Aurobindo, *The Upanishads* . Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. 1972.
* David Frawley, *Wisdom of the Ancient Seers*
* Madé Titib, Veda Sabda Suci Pedoman Praktis Kehidupan. Paramita, Surabaya, 1996, ISBN 979-9044-04-9

### Pranala jaba

* (Inggris) Vedic Fire to Dissolve the Negativity Archived 2023-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
* (Inggris) HinduWiki.Com - A collaborated wiki web site covering all aspects of Hinduism.
* (Inggris) Read the four Vedas online
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* (Inggris) Questions on the Dating of the Vedas Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
* (Inggris) A great source of information
* (Inggris) The Vedas at sacred-texts.com
* (Inggris) Vedas: Rig, Sama, Yajur, and Artharva Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
* (Inggris) Excellent site about Vedas (Aurobindo) Archived 2006-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
* (Inggris) Veda and Upanishads
* (Inggris) VEDA - Vedas and Vedic Knowledge Online (Vaishnava and general)
* (Inggris) Vedic Cosmology Archived 2006-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
* (Inggris) Vedic Chanting .mp3 audio files
* (Inggris) Photos of the performance of Vedic rituals in India Archived 2006-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
* (Inggris) Vedic and Spirituel Literature
* (Inggris) Vedic Astronomy
* (Inggris) Photos, Multimedia files, and explanations of Vedic traditional rituals
* (Inggris) Weekly podcast on Vedic Mythology and Vedic Chanting Archived 2007-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
* (Inggris) Movement for the Restoration of Vedic Wisdom Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
* (Inggris) Vedas
* (Inggris) Free audio of Vedamantrams to listen