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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.4.20
SYNONYMS
rg-yajuh-sama-atharva-akhyah -- the names of the four Vedas; vedah -- the Vedas; catvarah -- four; uddhrtah -- made into separate parts; itihasa -- historical records (Mahabharata); puranam ca -- and the Puranas; pancamah -- the fifth; vedah -- the original source of knowledge; ucyate -- is said to be.
TRANSLATION
The four divisions of the original sources of knowledge [the Vedas] were made separately. But the historical facts and authentic stories mentioned in the Puranas are called the fifth Veda.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness