Original sentence: The notion of a fifth veda (Sanskrit: ), 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 authority that Hinduism associates with the Vedas
Edited sentence: The notion of a fifth veda (Sanskrit: ), 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 invest a particular text or texts and their doctrines with the timelessness and authority that Hinduism associates with the Vedas