Weda

thumb|right|300px|Kitab Suci Weda, Rigveda.
***Weda*** (basa Sanskerta: वेद; *Vid*, "élmu pangaweruh") nyaéta kitab suci agama Hindu. *Weda* mangrupa kumpulan sastra-sastra kuno ti zaman India Kuno nu jumlahna loba jeung jembar. Dina ageman Hindu, *Weda* kaasup dina golongan Sruti (sacara harfiah artina "nu didengé"), sabab umat Hindu percaya yén eusi *Weda* mangrupa kumpulan wahyu ti Brahman (Tuhan). *Weda* diyakinan salaku sastra pangkolotna dina “peradaban” manusa nu masih aya nepip ka kiwari. Dina masa turunna wahyu, Weda diturunkeun/diajarkeun kalawan sistim lisan-pangajaran ti biwir ka biwir, nu dina mangsa éta tulisan can kapanggih-ti guru ka siswa. Sanggeus tulisan kapanggih, Resi nuliskeun ajaran-ajaran *Weda* ka bentuk tulisan.. Weda sifatna apaurusheya, sabab asalna ti wahyu, teu dijieun ku manusa, sarta abadi.. Maharesi Byasa, nyusun deui *Weda* jeung ngabagi *Weda* jadi opat bagéan nyaéta: Regweda, Yajurweda, Samaweda, jeung Atharwaweda. Sakabéh disusun di masa awal Kaliyuga.

## Etimologi 
Sacara etimologi, kecap *Weda* akarna ti kecap *vid*, nu ina basa Sansekerta artina "nyaho", dina rungkun basa Indo-Eropa akar kecap ti *weid*, nu artina "nempo" atawa "nyaho". *weid*ogé mangrupa akar kecap ti *wit* dina basa Inggris, sakumaha kecap *vision* dina basa Latin.

## Upaweda 
Upaweda mangrupa turunan ti *Weda* nu mangrupa jurusan élmu nu leuwih spesifik dina aplikasi kahirupan. Upaweda digolongkeun ku sababaraha jurusan, nyaéta:
* Ayurweda - élmu pengobatan.
* Dhanurweda - Seni bela diri jeung persenjataan.
:Ayurveda jeung Dhanurveda ngabogaan sababaraha sasaruaan dina kagiatan praktekna. Duanana gwé kalawan ngamangpaatkeun Marma, energi Prana nu ngalir dina jero awak. Ayurveda fungsina ngobatan awak jasmani, sedengkeun Dhanurveda ngamangpaatkeun energi prana salaku taméng awak. Konsep ieu ogé dipikawanoh dina widang paélmuan di China, dina akupunktur jeungs eni beladirina.
* Stahapatya Veda - élmu Arsitektur, Seni Pahat jeung élmu Géomansi.
* Gandharv Veda - Seni musik, sajak jeung tari

Sababaraha widang élmu saperti Jyotisha (élmu astrologi), Tantra, Shiksha jeung Vyakara (élmu tata basa) nu sumberna ti Weda ogé.

## Catetan
## Referensi 
;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*http://www.sriaurobindoashram.info/Contents.aspx?ParentCategoryName=_StaticContent/SriAurobindoAshram/-09%20E-Library/-01%20Works%20of%20Sri%20Aurobindo/-10_The%20Secret%20of%20the%20Veda_Volume-10. Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. 1972.
* Sri Aurobindo, *The Upanishads* http://www.sriaurobindoashram.info/Contents.aspx?ParentCategoryName=_StaticContent/SriAurobindoAshram/-09%20E-Library/-01%20Works%20of%20Sri%20Aurobindo/-12_The%20Upanishad_Volume-12. Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. 1972.
* David Frawley, *Wisdom of the Ancient Seers*
* Made Titib, Veda Sabda Suci Pedoman Praktis Kehidupan. Paramita, Surabaya, 1996, ISBN 979-9044-04-9

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