Veda

In the epics

Veda appears in the Mahābhārata as a sage: Third disciple of Ayoda-Dhoumya.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule.

• Rashi: Vrishabh
• Nakshatra: Mrigashira
• More names starting with V

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Knowledge, wisdom, scripture”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Shruthi — Music, sound, heard, scripture
• Litpreet — Love of the scripture, devoted to sacred text
• Gitabai — Lady of the Gita, scripture devotee
• Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
• Sophia — Wisdom
• Zyaan — Knowledge, wisdom

More unisex names of Sanskrit origin

• Sai — Divine, saintly
• Ishan — Sun, Shiva, north-east
• Aadi — Beginning, the first
• Surya — Sun, solar
• Arsh — Sky, throne of God
• Preet — Love, affection

Other names under Vrishabh rashi

• Vihaan — Dawn, beginning of new era
• Vamika — Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Vivaan — Full of life, Sun
• Viaan — Full of life, energy
• Tara — Star, Goddess, protector
• Vedant — Ultimate knowledge, Vedas

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Vrishabh names.

Where this comes from

Veda has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.