rig-veda

1. 1.

   a Veda consisting of a collection of Hindu poems dating from before 2000 BC

   BroaderSamhita

Questions about rig-veda

What does rig-veda mean?

rig-veda means "a Veda consisting of a collection of Hindu poems dating from before 2000 BC".

How many syllables are in rig-veda?

rig-veda has 3 syllables and divides as rig--ve-da under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is rig-veda a common word?

rig-veda is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.