The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद) are the main scriptural texts of the Hindu religion. The term Veda comes from the root 'Vid', to know. The word Veda means knowledge. When it is applied to scripture, it signifies a book of knowledge. The Vedas are the foundational scriptures of the H...
and often ignored, sources of error in the transmission of Vedic and Sanskrit texts have been studied: (1) the influence of local languages on the pronunciation and recitation of Vedic and Sanskrit; and (2) the influence of the historical development of the scripts used in the written transmis...