[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918) › c4.17 # Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c4.17 Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c4.17 - **Language:** English ### [c4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.17) The word \*Veda\* really means ‘knowledge’, from the root \*vid\*, ‘to know’, and so was used to designate the sacred lore or collection of sacred literature. The \*Ṛigveda\* means the ‘Veda of hymns’, from \*ṛich\*, ‘a laudatory stanza’. This collection of sacred poems was probably made not so much to preserve them as literature, but because they were needed for sacrificial use. - [Previous: c4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.16) - [Next: c4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.18) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.17) · Pramāṇa