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Archaeological site in Florida, US
Velda Mound (8LE44) is a Native American archaeological site in northern Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States. The site consists of a small
Velda_Mound
Area in present-day Florida
earthworks such as mounds, for religious, political and ceremonial purposes. The Apalachee occupied what archaeologists call the Velda Mound site from about
Apalachee_Province
Archaeological site in southwestern Illinois, US
The Cahokia Mounds (also simply known as Cahokia) /kəˈhoʊkiə/ (11 MS 2) is the site of a Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 AD) directly
Cahokia
Archaeological site in Florida, US
Turtle Mound is a prehistoric archaeological site located 9 miles (14 km) south of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States, on State Road A1A, between
Turtle_Mound
North Carolina archaeological site
Biltmore Mound is a historical and archaeological site on the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. The Biltmore Mound is a platform mound which
Biltmore_Mound
Historical Native American tribe from Florida and Georgia, US
Apalachee, which is now extinct. The Apalachee occupied the site of Velda Mound starting about 1450 CE,[citation needed] but they had mostly abandoned
Apalachee
Native American archaeological culture
culture is defined by the presence of Safety Harbor ceramics in burial mounds. The culture is named after the Safety Harbor site, located close to the
Safety_Harbor_culture
Native American burial mound
An effigy mound is a raised pile of earth built in the shape of a stylized animal, symbol, religious figure, human, or other figure. The Effigy Moundbuilder
Effigy_mound
Pre-Columbian Native American culture
extreme western Pennsylvania. The Adena culture was named for the large mound on Thomas Worthington's early 19th-century estate located near Chillicothe
Adena_culture
Archaeological site from the Late Woodland period in Arkansas
Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park (3 LN 42), formerly known as "Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park", also known as Knapp Mounds, Toltec Mounds or
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park
Plum_Bayou_Mounds_Archeological_State_Park
Pre-Columbian cultures of North America
Many pre-Columbian cultures in North America were collectively termed "Mound Builders", but the term has no formal meaning. It does not refer to specific
Mound_Builders
American research organization
over the identity of the Mound Builders, the term for the prehistoric people who had built complex, monumental earthwork mounds. Archaeologists, both amateur
Bureau_of_American_Ethnology
Pleistocene fossil and archaeological site in Florida
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
Melbourne_Bone_Bed
State park in Florida, United States
sites are located at Velda Mound (also a park), Cayson Mound and Village Site and Yon Mound and Village Site. Although the mounds were built and used during
Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park
Lake_Jackson_Mounds_Archaeological_State_Park
Largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas
Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica. The beginning of its construction dates
Monks_Mound
Archaeological site in Ohio, United States
conducted in 1928 by Emerson Greenman on Eagle Mound determined that it was not a burial mound. Instead, Eagle Mound had been constructed over a rectangular
Newark_Earthworks
Archaeological site in Ohio, United States
Miamisburg Mound is a conical Native American Mound in Miamisburg, Ohio. At 65 feet (20 m) tall and 800 feet (240 m) in circumference, it is the largest
Miamisburg_Mound
Archaeological and paleontological site in Florida, US
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
Cutler_Fossil_Site
Archaeological type site
The Adena Mound is a Native American mound site on the grounds of the Adena Mansion, for which it is named, near Chillicothe, Ohio. The mound is the type
Adena_mound
Late Pleistocene human fossil in Florida, USA
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
Vero_man
Holocene archaeological pattern
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
San_Dieguito_complex
Archaeological site in Florida, United States
The Portavant Mound (also known as the Portavant Mound Site or Snead Island Temple Mound or Portavant Indian Mound) is an archaeological site on Snead
Portavant_Mound
Native American language family
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Iroquoian_languages
Type of prehistoric projectile point found in the Americas
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
Suwannee_point
United States historic place
Sugarloaf Mound is the sole remaining Mississippian culture platform mound in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, a city commonly referred to in its earlier years
Sugarloaf_Mound
Archaeological site in Georgia, US
Etowah Indian Mounds (9BR1) are a 54-acre (220,000 m2) archaeological site in Bartow County, Georgia, south of Cartersville. Built and occupied in three
Etowah_Indian_Mounds
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Pauma_Complex
Native American people
ceremonial and village earthwork mounds around Lake Okeechobee similar to those of the Mississippian culture and earlier mound builders. Fort Center is in
Mayaimi
Prehistoric effigy mound in Ohio, United States
The Great Serpent Mound is a 1,348-feet-long (411m), four-feet-high prehistoric effigy mound located in Peebles, Ohio, United States. It was built on what
Serpent_Mound
Provincial park in Ontario, Canada
Serpent Mounds Park is a historical place located near Keene, Ontario, Canada. Serpent Mounds operated as a provincial park, established in 1955 through
Serpent_Mounds_Park
United States historic place
Fort Walton Mound (8OK6) is an archaeological site located in present-day Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States. The large platform mound was built
Fort_Walton_Mound
Native American monument in Georgia, US
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (formerly Ocmulgee National Monument) in Macon, Georgia, United States preserves traces of over ten millennia
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Ocmulgee_Mounds_National_Historical_Park
10,000 to 13,000 year old skeleton found in Texas, USA
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Leanderthal_Lady
Prehistoric culture in the Americas c. 11,100–10,800 BCE
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
Clovis_culture
Historic site in Alabama, United States
The Taskigi Mound or Mound at Fort Toulouse – Fort Jackson Park (1EE1) is an archaeological site from the South Appalachian Mississippian Big Eddy phase
Taskigi_Mound
Native American burial mound in Columbus, Ohio
Shrum Mound is a Native American conical burial mound in Campbell Memorial Park in Columbus, Ohio, built by people of the Adena culture roughly 2,000
Shrum_Mound
Human settlement in California, United States
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Cahuenga,_California
Archaeological site in Kentucky, US
Wickliffe Mounds (15 BA 4) is a prehistoric, Mississippian culture archaeological site located in Ballard County, Kentucky, just outside the town of Wickliffe
Wickliffe_Mounds
North American archaeological culture (7500–1000 BCE)
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Old_Copper_complex
Ridgetop Mississippian mound in Madison County, Illinois
Mound 72 is a small ridgetop mound located roughly 850 meters (2,790 ft) to the south of Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds near Collinsville, Illinois. Early
Mound_72
Effigy mound in Granville, Ohio, United States
The Alligator Effigy Mound is an effigy mound in Granville, Ohio, United States. The mound is believed to have been built between AD 800 and 1200 by people
Alligator_Effigy_Mound
Archaeological site in Florida, United States
Mound Key Archaeological State Park is a Florida State Park, located in Estero Bay, near the mouth of the Estero River. One hundred and thirteen of the
Mound Key Archaeological State Park
Mound_Key_Archaeological_State_Park
Place in Florida listed on National Register of Historic Places
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
Windover_Archeological_Site
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Glenwood_culture
United States historic place
Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve (also known as The Indian Mounds Park or as the Maples Mounds Group) is a park operated by the city of Whitewater, Wisconsin
Indian Mounds Park (Whitewater, Wisconsin)
Indian_Mounds_Park_(Whitewater,_Wisconsin)
U.S. national park in New Mexico
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco_Culture_National_Historical_Park
United States historic place
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Hardaway_Site
Topics referred to by the same term
Sheboygan, Wisconsin Velda Mound in Tallahassee, Florida This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Indian Mounds Park. If an internal
Indian_Mounds_Park
Historic site in Tennessee, United States
The Freel Farm Mound Site (40AN22) (formerly 7AN22) is an archaeological site and burial mound of the Woodland cultural period located on the Oak Ridge
Freels_Farm_Mounds
Archaeological site in Florida, United States
The Spruce Creek Mound Complex is a prehistoric and early historic archeological site in Port Orange, Florida. The mound complex, major earthworks built
Spruce_Creek_Mound_Complex
Archaeological culture
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Picosa_culture
Archaeological culture in Florida, US
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
Orange_period
Nations and tribes originating from the Pacific Northwest Coast
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Pacific_Northwest_Coast
Defunct writing system of Canada's Mi'kmaq First Nation
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Mi'kmaw_hieroglyphs
Indigenous North American culture circa 6500 BCE and 200 CE
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Archaic_Southwest
Classification term given to the first peoples who entered the American continents
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
Paleo-Indians
Transfers between the Old and New Worlds
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Columbian_exchange
Archaeological site in Florida, US
Collier County, Florida. The site includes four mounds and a shell ring. It has one of the oldest known mound burials in the eastern United States, dating
Horr's_Island
Archaeological site
The Chauga Mound (38OC1) is an archaeological site once located on the northern bank of the Tugaloo River, about 1,200 feet (370 m) north of the mouth
Chauga_Mound
Sinkhole/underground river in Florida, United States
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
Devil's_Den_Cave
Lake in Marshall County, Indiana
area were Mound Builders, most likely the Potawatomi or Miami. Several mounds were built on the banks of the lake, the largest being "Pare Mound," thought
Lake_Maxinkuckee
Archaeological site in Illinois, United States
The Naples Mound 8 (also Naples-Russel Mound 8 or Illinois Archaeological Survey #PK 335) is a Havana Hopewell culture mound site located in Pike County
Naples_Mound_8
Archaeological culture in the southeastern US
Fort Walton Mound with one large capital located at the Bottle Creek site. The site is the largest on the Gulf Coast and with 18 mounds is comparable
Pensacola_culture
Archaeological site in Kentucky, US
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Muir_site
Hominin fossil
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
La_Brea_Woman
Earthwork or mound intended to support a structure or activity
platform mound is any earthwork or mound intended to support a structure or elevate an activity. It typically refers to a flat-topped mound whose sides
Platform_mound
Archaeological and paleontological site in Florida, US
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
Page–Ladson_site
Native American historical site in Illinois, U.S.
Dickson Mounds is a Native American settlement site and burial mound complex near Lewistown, Illinois. It is located in Fulton County on a low bluff overlooking
Dickson_Mounds
Regional culture of native peoples in southwestern North America
002. S2CID 129704711. Clark, Jeffery; Lyons, Patrick (2012). Migrants and Mounds: Classic Period Archaeology of the Lower San Pedro Valley. Tucson, Arizona:
Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_North_American_Southwest
Prehistoric site in Louisiana, US
The mound is also known as Sarah's Mound because Sarah Guier was buried in the mound. Mound E is sometimes referred to as the Ballcourt Mound. The Ballcourt
Poverty_Point
Type of petroglyph
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Water_glyphs
Skeleton of an ancient Indigenous American woman
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Buhl_Woman
Archaeological site in Oklahoma, US
Spiro Mounds (34 LF 40) is an Indigenous archaeological site located in present-day eastern Oklahoma. The site was built by people from the Arkansas Valley
Spiro_Mounds
United States national historical park
is a United States national historical park with earthworks and burial mounds from the Hopewell culture, indigenous peoples who flourished from about
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell_Culture_National_Historical_Park
Historical Indigenous people of Newfoundland
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Maritime_Archaic
Archaeological site in Florida, United States
Green Mound is one of the largest Pre-Columbian shell mounds, or shell middens, in the United States. Located in Ponce Inlet, Florida, the peak of the
Green_Mound
United States historic place
Rock Eagle Effigy Mound is an archaeological site in Putnam County, Georgia, US, estimated to have been constructed c. 1000 BC to AD 1000 (1,000 to 3
Rock_Eagle
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Neville_archaeological_site
Mummy discovered in British Columbia, Canada
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Kwäday_Dän_Tsʼìnchi
Historic Florida Tequesta burial mound
The Pompano Beach Mound, located at Indian Mound Park in Pompano Beach, Florida, in Broward County, is a 100-foot (30 m) wide, 7-foot (2.1 m) tall oval
Pompano_Beach_Mound
National monument of prehistoric mounds built by Native Americans, in Iowa, United States
Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by pre-Columbian Mound Builder cultures, mostly in the first millennium
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Effigy_Mounds_National_Monument
Cultural period in parts of the US (1000 CE – 1500 CE)
Eastern Agricultural Complex crops, and whose mound-building activities were more limited to burial mounds. The Mississippian period is itself subdivided
Mississippian period (archaeology)
Mississippian_period_(archaeology)
Archaeological culture in North America
The burial mound was shaped like a giant snake. Lewiston Mound Hopewell tradition List of Hopewell sites Mound builder (people) Effigy mound Earthwork
Point_Peninsula_complex
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Hiscock_Site
Earliest phase of European settlement in the Americas
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Norse settlement of North America
Norse_settlement_of_North_America
Archaeological site in Indiana
Angel Mounds State Historic Site (12 VG 1), an expression of the Mississippian culture, is an archaeological site managed by the Indiana State Museum and
Angel_Mounds
Pre-Columbian settlement in Florida
The town of Uzita was described as consisting of the chief's house on a mound, seven or eight other houses, and a "temple" (apparently a charnel house)
Uzita_(Florida)
Native American polity
that the villagers helped them erect a large wooden cross on the central mound. When de Soto determined to press on and visit the nearby tribe called the
Casqui
Hominin fossil
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Lansing_Man
Archaeological site in Hinds County, Mississippi
Pocahontas Mound B on April 11, 1972, as NRIS number 72000694. The mounds are listed on the Mississippi Mound Trail. The site consists of two mounds, a rectangular
Pocahontas_Mounds
United States historic place
Turner River Turtle Mound Twin Mounds Upper Tampa Bay Useppa Island Velda Mound Waddells Mill Pond Wakulla Springs Yent Mound Yon Mound and Village Human
C._J._Ostl_Site
Archaeological site in Louisiana, US
Venable Mound (the last remaining mound of the McTheney Mounds site) is an archaeological site in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana with a single mound with components
Venable_Mound
Prehistoric migration from Asia to the Americas
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Peopling_of_the_Americas
Native American traditions
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Oshara_tradition
Prehistoric culture of the southwest United States and northern Mexico
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Mogollon_culture
Legendary Indigenous North American creature
Apalachee Province Cayson Corbin-Tucker Fort Walton Mound Lake Jackson Leon-Jefferson culture Letchworth Velda Yon Pensacola culture Bottle Creek Dauphin Island
Thunderbird_(mythology)
Archaeological site in Mississippi
Foster's Mound (22 AD 503) is a Plaquemine culture archaeological site located in Adams County, Mississippi northeast of Natchez off US 61. It is the
Foster's_Mound
Archaeological site in Georgia, US
Rock Hawk Effigy Mound is an archaeological site in Putnam County, Georgia, United States. It consists of thousands of pieces of quartzite laid in the
Rock_Hawk
Historic site in Tennessee, United States
The Freel Farm Mound Site (40AN22) (formerly 7AN22) is an archaeological site and burial mound of the Late Woodland period located on the Oak Ridge Reservation
Freel_Farm_Mound_Site
United States historic place
Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Grimes_Point
VELDA MOUND
VELDA MOUND
Female
Yiddish
Variant spelling of Yiddish Zelda, SELDA means "happiness, joy."
Female
Norse
From the Old Norse word kelda, KELDA means "source, spring."
Girl/Female
Irish American Anglo Saxon English
Champion.
Female
English
Old English name NELDA means "lives by the alder trees."
Girl/Female
Norse Scandinavian
Fountain or from the ship's island.
Girl/Female
Teutonic
Inspired intelligence. Famous bearer: Veleda was a 1st century AD Germanic prophetess.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Dark night
Female
English
(Sanskrit वेद): English name derived from the name of the four sacred books of the Hindus, VEDA means "knowledge; wisdom."
Female
German
Old High German name derived from the word waltan, VALDA means "power, rule."Â
Female
English
(Yiddish זֶעלְדֶע): Short form of German Griselda, ZELDA means "gray battle maid." Yiddish form of German Salida, meaning "happiness, joy."Â
Female
German
 Short form of German Griselda, ZELDA means "gray battle maid." Compare with another form of Zelda.
Girl/Female
French
Fair maiden.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Christian, German, Teutonic
Famous Ruler; Power; Rule; Renowned Ruler; Inspired Intelligence; Similar to Veleda
Female
Italian
Italian name derived from the Roman family name Velius, VELIA means "concealed."
Female
English
Probably an English variant spelling of German Wilma, VELMA means "will-helmet."Â
Female
Italian
Old Italian form of German Hilda, ELDA means "battle." Not in use before the 20th century.Â
Girl/Female
German American Latin Teutonic
From the Old German, meaning 'grey battle' or 'Christian battle'.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Veda means Vedham and Shree means Sriman Narayana
Female
Yiddish
(זֶעלְדֶע) Yiddish form of German Salida, ZELDA means "happiness, joy." Compare with another form of Zelda.
Girl/Female
German American Teutonic
Power; rule.
VELDA MOUND
VELDA MOUND
VELDA MOUND
VELDA MOUND
VELDA MOUND
VELDA MOUND
VELDA MOUND
n.
The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.
n.
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
n.
A hill or mound.
n.
A dam or mound to stop water.
n.
A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela.
n.
A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.
n.
A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.
n.
A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.
pl.
of Velum
n.
A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants.
v. t.
To free from a dam, mound, or other obstruction.
imp. & p. p.
of Mound
n.
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.
n.
A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Mound
n.
See Veda.
v. t.
To fortify or inclose with a mound.
a.
Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.
v. t.
To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury.