A Veda is a collection of poems or hymns composed in archaic Sanskrit by Indo-European-speaking peoples who lived in northwest India during the 2nd millennium BCE. The hymns formed a liturgical body that in part grew up around the soma ritual and sacrifice and were recited or chanted during rituals.
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What is a Veda?
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