वेदाङ्ग
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱেদাঙ্গ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬾᬤᬵᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
- বেদাঙ্গ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰸𑰟𑰯𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀸𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
- ဝေဒါင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
- વેદાઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
- ਵੇਦਾਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦺꦢꦴꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂵𑂠𑂰𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
- ವೇದಾಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
- វេទាង្គ (Khmer script)
- ເວທາງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
- വേദാങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡝᡩᠠ᠊ᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘹𑘟𑘰𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧᢑᠠᢗᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧚𑦿𑧑𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐾𑐡𑐵𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
- ଵେଦାଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢾꢣꢵꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆼𑆢𑆳𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖸𑖟𑖯𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
- වෙදාඞ්ග (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩔𑩭𑩛𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚲𑚛𑚭𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
- வேத³ாங்க³ (Tamil script)
- వేదాఙ్గ (Telugu script)
- เวทางฺค (Thai script)
- ཝེ་དཱ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒹𑒠𑒰𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨄𑨛𑨊𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
वेद (veda, “knowledge”) + अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐj.dɑːŋ.ɡɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋeː.d̪ɑːŋ.ɡɐ/
Noun
वेदाङ्ग • (vedāṅga) stem, n
- (literary) a limb (for preserving the body) of the Veda
- (Hinduism) name of certain works or classes of works regarded as auxiliary to and even in some sense as part of the Vedas
Usage notes
- Six Vedangas are usually enumerated [and mostly written in the सूत्र or aphoristic style] ; 1. शिक्षा (śikṣā), ‘the science of proper articulation and pronunciation’, comprising the knowledge of letters, accents, quantity, the use of the organs of pronunciation, and phonetics generally, but especially the laws of euphony peculiar to the वेद [many short treatises and a chapter of the तैत्तिरीय-आरण्यक are regarded as the representatives of this subject ; but other works on Vedic phonetics may be included under it » प्रातिशाख्य]: 2. छन्दस् (chandas), ‘metre’ [represented by a treatise ascribed to पिङ्गल-नाग, which, however, treats of Prakrit as well as Sanskrit metres, and includes only a few of the leading Vedic metres]: 3. व्याकरण (vyākaraṇa), ‘linguistic analysis or grammar’ [represented by पाणिनि's celebrated सूत्रs]: 4. निरुक्त (nirukta), ‘explanation of difficult Vedic words’ [cf. यास्क]: 5. ज्योतिष (jyotiṣa), ‘astronomy’, or rather the Vedic calendar [represented by a small tract, the object of which is to fix the most auspicious days for sacrifices]: 6. कल्प (kalpa), ‘ceremonial’, represented by a large number of सूत्र works [cf. सूत्र]: the first and second of these वेदाङ्गs are said to be intended to secure the correct reading or recitation of the वेद, the third and fourth the understanding of it, and the fifth and sixth its proper employment at sacrifices: the वेदाङ्गs are alluded to by मनु, who calls them, in iii, 184, प्रवचनs, ‘expositions’, a term which is said to be also applied to the ब्राह्मणs)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वेदाङ्गम् (vedāṅgam) | वेदाङ्गे (vedāṅge) | वेदाङ्गानि (vedāṅgāni) वेदाङ्गा¹ (vedāṅgā¹) |
| accusative | वेदाङ्गम् (vedāṅgam) | वेदाङ्गे (vedāṅge) | वेदाङ्गानि (vedāṅgāni) वेदाङ्गा¹ (vedāṅgā¹) |
| instrumental | वेदाङ्गेन (vedāṅgena) | वेदाङ्गाभ्याम् (vedāṅgābhyām) | वेदाङ्गैः (vedāṅgaiḥ) वेदाङ्गेभिः¹ (vedāṅgebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | वेदाङ्गाय (vedāṅgāya) | वेदाङ्गाभ्याम् (vedāṅgābhyām) | वेदाङ्गेभ्यः (vedāṅgebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वेदाङ्गात् (vedāṅgāt) | वेदाङ्गाभ्याम् (vedāṅgābhyām) | वेदाङ्गेभ्यः (vedāṅgebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वेदाङ्गस्य (vedāṅgasya) | वेदाङ्गयोः (vedāṅgayoḥ) | वेदाङ्गानाम् (vedāṅgānām) |
| locative | वेदाङ्गे (vedāṅge) | वेदाङ्गयोः (vedāṅgayoḥ) | वेदाङ्गेषु (vedāṅgeṣu) |
| vocative | वेदाङ्ग (vedāṅga) | वेदाङ्गे (vedāṅge) | वेदाङ्गानि (vedāṅgāni) वेदाङ्गा¹ (vedāṅgā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Hindi: वेदांग (vedāṅg)
- Bengali: বেদাঙ্গ (bedaṅgo)
- Nepali: वेदांग (vedāṅga)
- Gujarati: વેદાંગ (vedā̃g)
- Tamil: வேதாங்கங்கள் (vētāṅkaṅkaḷ)
- Telugu: వేదాంగములు (vēdāṅgamulu)
- Kannada: ವೇದಾಂಗ (vēdāṅga)
- Malayalam: വേദാംഗം (vēdāṅgaṁ)
- Sinhalese: වේදාංග (wēdāṁga)
- → Pali: vedaṅga (learned)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “वेदाङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1016, column 3.