Rigveda
Sign in to saveThe Rigveda or Rig Veda (, , from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts (śruti) known as the Vedas. Only one Shakha of the many survive today, namely the Śakalya Shakha. Much of the contents contained in the remaining Shakhas are now lost or are not available in the public forum.
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The Rigveda is an ancient Indian collection of hymns written in Vedic Sanskrit, and it is one of the four most sacred texts in Hinduism. It is historically significant because it is one of the oldest known religious texts, though only one complete version survives today and much of its original content has been lost over time.
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- Historical Vedic religionHinduism
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- Rigveda MS2097.jpg
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- Rigveda (padapāṭha) manuscript in Devanāgarī, early 19th century. After a scribal benediction (śrīgaṇéśāyanamaḥ oṁ), the first line has the first pada, RV 1.1.1a (agniṃ iḷe puraḥ-hitaṃ yajñasya devaṃ ṛtvijaṃ – "I praise Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice"). The pitch-accent is marked by underscores and vertical overscores in red.
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- Vedic Sanskrit
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- c. 15001000 BCE (Vedic period)
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- 10 mandalas
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- 10,552 mantras
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- FFC569
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34 sectionsContents
- Dating and historical context
- Dating
- Historical and societal context
- Text
- Composition
- Collection and organisation
- Organisation
- Mandalas
- Hymns and prosody
- Transmission
- Recensions
- Manuscripts
- Versions
- Scripts
- Comparison
- Contents
- Hymns
- Rigveda Brahmanas
- Rigveda Aranyakas and Upanishads
- Significance
- Monism debate
- Reception in Hinduism
- Shruti
- Sanskrit grammarians
- Medieval Hindu scholarship
- Arya Samaj and Aurobindo movements
- Contemporary Hinduism
- Hindu nationalism
- Translations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Rigveda or Rig Veda (, , from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts (śruti) known as the Vedas. Only one Shakha of the many survive today, namely the Śakalya Shakha. Much of the contents contained in the remaining Shakhas are now lost or are not available in the public forum.
The Rigveda is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text. Its early layers are among the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language. Most scholars believe that the sounds and texts of the Rigveda have been orally transmitted with precision since the 2nd millennium BCE, through methods of memorisation of exceptional complexity, rigour and fidelity, though the dates are not confirmed and remain contentious until concrete evidence surfaces. Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the bulk of the Rigveda Samhita was composed in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent (see Rigvedic rivers), most likely between 1500 and 1000 BCE, although a wider approximation of 19001200 BCE has also been given.