Vedas in Malayalam
There is no plural entry for the Vedas as a group here. What the dictionary offers is one of the four by name, ഋഗ്വേദം (rigwedam), the Rigveda, together with words that stand near them: learning, recitation and the ceremonies around study.
Most common translation
The first of the four Vedas.
ഋഗ്വേദം വളരെ പഴക്കമുള്ള ഗ്രന്ഥമാണ്.
rigwedam valare pazhakkamulla grandhamaanu.
The Rigveda is a very ancient text.
All Malayalam words for “vedas”
- ഋഗ്വേദം (rigwedam) — The first of the four Vedas.
- വിദ്യ (vidya) — Learning, knowledge, scholarship, spiritual knowledge, the Vedas, magic, goddess Durga (H.M.).
- അംഗം (angam) — Body, limb, member, one of a group, a part of the Vedas.
- ഉപക്രമം (upakramam) — Beginning, preface, moving forward, a ceremony before the study of the Vedas commences.
- ഓതിക്കുക (oothikkuka) — Make one recite or chant (Vedas etc).
- ഓതുക (othuka) — Recite the Vedas, chant mantras, read or learn.
- പാരായണം (paaraayanam) — Reading, study, lesson, perusal of the Vedas.
- മഠം (madam) — Monastery, convent, nunnery, house of a Brahmin, school for teaching the Vedas (holy scriptures), ancient Gurukula.
വിദ്യ (vidya) is knowledge or learning in general and reaches the Vedas only as one of its many senses, so it is not a translation of the plural.
Common questions
How do you say Vedas in Malayalam?
Malayalam uses the Sanskrit word with its usual plural ending; of the four, the first is ഋഗ്വേദം (rigwedam).
What word is used for reciting them?
ഓതുക (othuka) is to recite or chant, and പാരായണം (paaraayanam) is the recitation or perusal itself.