veda

Proper noun capitalized: Veda

Veda (plural Vedas)

1. (Hinduism) Any of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Veda.
2. A female given name.

Noun capitalized: Veda

IPA/ˈvidə/

Veda

1. (usually in the phrase "Veda bread", sometimes uncapitalized) A style of malt loaf bread (sweet, chewy, caramel-colored leavened bread made with malted wheat), traditionally produced across the UK and Ireland but today eaten mainly in Northern Ireland.
   • 'Slip a few slices of Veda in that package you're making up for your Boy. In Damp-Proof Packet . . . the ONLY bread that reaches the Trenches fresh and sweet'circa 1914-1918, World War I advertisement, quoted in 2021, Lynda Mugglestone, Writing a War of Words: Andrew Clark and the Search for ..., page 9
   • One of the best and least known mixtures for filling sandwiches is green butter, and it is particularly good between slices of Veda bread.1925, Mrs. C. F. Leyel, Olga Hartley, The Gentle Art of Cookery: With 750 Recipes, page 358