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. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

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

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Shruthi — Meanings families give: Musical pitch, what is heard; Music, sound, heard, scripture
• Vedprakash — Meanings families give: Light of the Vedas, illuminating through sacred scripture; Light of the Vedas, knowledge bearer
• Litpreet — Love of the scripture, devoted to sacred text
• Gitabai — Lady of the Gita, scripture devotee
• Aarav — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Peaceful, calm, wise; Peaceful sound, wisdom; Calm, peaceful
• Vedant — Meanings families give: Ultimate knowledge; End of Vedas, the Upanishads and highest knowledge; Ultimate wisdom, end of the Vedas; Ultimate knowledge; Vedanta philosophy; Ultimate knowledge, Vedas; Ultimate knowledge, Vedanta philosophy

More unisex names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Pavan — vital air
• Vasu — Meanings families give: Wealth, brilliant, Vishnu; Wealth, prosperity, good, bright
• Prem — Meanings families give: Love, affection; Love, affection, devotion

Other names under Vrishabh rashi

• Vihaan — Meanings families give: Dawn, morning; Dawn, morning, beginning; Dawn, beginning of new era; Dawn, morning, beginning of light
• Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Vivaan — Meanings families give: Full of life; Full of life, rays of the morning sun; Full of life, Sun; Full of life, sunrise
• Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
• Tara — n. a star
• Veer — Meanings families give: Brave warrior, courageous one; Brave, courageous; Brave, warrior, courageous

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.