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Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Rigveda

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Rigveda - Text

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Rigveda: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary II on Rigveda

Rigveda: type of veda

Rigveda: Encyclopedia II - Rigveda - Text

From the time of its compilation, the text has been handed down in two versions: The Samhitapatha has all Sanskrit rules of sandhi applied and is the text used for recitation. The Padapatha has each word isolated in its pausa form and is used for memorization. The Padapatha is, as it were, a commentary to the Samhitapatha, but the two seem to be about co-eval. The original text as reconstructed on metrical grounds lies somewhere between the two, but closer to the Samhitapatha ("original" in the sense that it aims to recover the hymns in the form of their composition ...

There had been many old temples and shrines devoted to Vishnu and Shiva and a few to Brahma, Ganesh, Kartikeya, Hanuman, Kubera, Nagas, Kali and Durga as well as a huge number honouring numerous local tribal deities. Only 180 years ago Raja Ram Mohan Roy coined the word 'Hindu' to describe the huge variety of faiths and sects with similar but not identical philosophies, myths and rituals.

Rigveda: Vedic Yoga and the Three Gunas

Vedic Yoga and the Three Gunas

The Vedas present a vast pantheon of deities (devatas) on many different levels, often said to be innumerable or infinite in number. One of the main early efforts to classify the Vedic Gods (as in the Brihad Devata of Shaunaka) was to reduce them to the three prime deities for the three worlds.

Agni or Fire on Earth (Prithivi)

Vayu or Wind in the Atmosphere (Antariksha)

Surya or the Sun in Heaven (Dyaus)

These three deities are three aspects of the One God or the Purusha, the supreme consciousness principle and higher Self that is pure light.

Rigveda: Meeting Ground: Vedas And Rio

At the Rio Earth Summit in June 1992, environmental issues were hotly debated and an attempt was made to arrive at a blueprint for future conservation efforts. A document, known as Agenda 21, was issued, which provided 27 guiding principles for sustainable development.

Interestingly, several of the 'Rio principles' for environmental conservation were taught and practised in ancient India. The modern holistic approach for ecological balance is reflected in the most ancient of Indian scriptures, the Vedas.

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Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Aitareya Brahmana

The Aitareya Brahmana (AB) is the Brahmana associated with the Rigveda in the Shakala school. Editions: Theodor Aufrecht, Das Aitareya Braahmana. Mit Auszügen aus dem Commentare von Sayanacarya und anderen Beilagen, Bonn 1879. Other related archives1879, Brahmana, Rigveda, Shakala

Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Kauśītāki

The Kauśītāki Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" Upanishads. It is a Sāmānya Upanishad, associated with the Rigveda. It figures as number 25 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. Other related archivesMuktika, Rigveda, Sāmānya, Upanishad

Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Aditya

In Hinduism, the Adityas are a group of solar deities, sons of Aditi and Kasyapa. In the Rigveda, they are seven deities of the heavens, chief of these being Varuna, followed by Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, Daksha, and Ansa, the seventh Aditya was probably the Sun, Surya or Savitar. As a class of gods, the Rigvedic Adityas were distinct from the Vishvedevas. In the Yajurveda (TS), their number is given as eight. In the Brahmanas, their number is expanded to twelve, corresponding to the twelve months: Ansa Aryman < ...

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Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Sarama

Saramā is the name name of a female dog (bitch) belonging to Indra and the other devas in early Hinduism's Vedic mythology. She is mentioned in Rigveda 10.14.10 as the mother of the four-eyed brindled dogs of Yama. She is said to have gone in search of cattle stolen by an evil people called Pāņis as described in Rigveda 10.108, a part of which she (with the title of devashunī, ie., divine bitch) is also said to be the authoress of. In general, Saramā also came to mean any female dog or bitch. It is interesting to no

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Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Vedic priesthood

The Vedic priesthood is the collective term for the priests of the Vedic religion. Known as purohita, the priests are divided into several types: The Hotar is the chief priest, presiding the sacrifice. He is associated with the Rigveda. The Udgatar intones the hymns for the Hotar. He is associated with the Samaveda. The Adhvaryu carries out the actual sacrifice. He is associated with the Yajurveda. In mythology, he is presented as a newcomer, probably corresponding to a histor ...

Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Kaṭha

The Kaṭha Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" Upanishads commented upon by Shankara. It is associated with the Taittiriya school of the Black Yajurveda. It figures as number 3 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. The Upanishad uses as its base the story of Vajasravasa (alluded to in Rigveda 10. 135), a poor and pious Brahmi who performs a sacrifice and gives as presents (dakshina) to the priests a few old and feeble cows. His son, Naciketas, feeling disturbed by the unreality of his father's observance o ...

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Rigveda: Encyclopedia - D. B. Kasar

D. B. Kasar (born 14 April 1968, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra) is the author of "Rig veda to Raigarh — making of Shivaji the great" discusses the relation of the Indus script and the Rigveda. He attempts a decipherment of the Indus script with help of Rigvedic hymns and Germanic runes. According to Kasar, seals found in Indus civilization are in fact sheets containing rigvedic hymns. Kasar's speculations appear to have evoked no r ...

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D. B. Kasar - Books

Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit

Vedic Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, the earliest sacred texts of India. The earliest of the Vedas, the Rigveda, was composed in the 2nd millennium BC, and use of the Vedic dialect was continued for the composition of religious texts until roughly 500 BC, when the later Classical Sanskrit language began to emerge. The Vedic form of Sanskrit is an early descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian (spoken around 2000 BC), and still comparatively similar (being removed by maybe 1500 years) to the Proto-Indo-European language. Vedic S ...

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Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Pashupati

Pashupati (Sanskrit: "lord of cattle/livestock") is a name of Rudra-Shiva in the Atharvaveda (the Rigveda has the related pashupa "protector of cattle" as a name of Pushan). Lord Shiva is widely known as Pashupati in contemporary Hinduism. The name has also been interpreted as meaning as "lord of creatures" more generally, compare the biblical "good shepherd" metaphor of e.g. Psalm 23. The name has also been applied to a figure, probably a god, depicted as sitting among animals, discovered in the context of the Indus Valley Civilization. This god has been suggested as an earlier form of Rudra. Parallels ...

Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Indo-Aryan migration

Indo-Aryan migration refers to the migration and expansion of the Indo-Aryans during the 2nd millennium BC or earlier. Archaeological and philological data indicates that there was a shift of settlements from the northwestern part of South Asia to the Gangetic valley and to the south during the second millennium BCE, but does not clearly support a migration of Indo-Aryan people into South Asia. Based on linguistic data, many scholars have argued that Indo-Aryan speakers invaded in South Asia in the second millennium BCE. This correspo ...

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Indo-Aryan migration - Archaeology

Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Apam Napat

In Hinduism, Apam Napat is the god of fresh water, such as in rivers and lakes. He is sometimes (for example in Rigveda book 2 hymn 35 verse 3) described as a fire-god who originates in water: see Agni. "Apām Napat" is Sanskrit and Avestic for "son of waters". This may have originally referred to flames from natural gas or oil seepages surfacing through water. See this link about a fire temple at Baku in Azerbaijan. There is a theory that the word naphtha came (via Greek, where it meant any sort of petroleum) from the name Apam Napat. The name Apam Napat is likely cognate with that the Celtic god ...

Rigveda: Encyclopedia - Soma

Soma (Sanskrit), or Haoma (Avestan) (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Sauma) was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the later Vedic and Iranian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, which contains many hymns praising its energizing or intoxicating qualities. It is described as prepared by pressing juice from the stalks of a certain mountain plant, which has been variously hypothesized to be a psychedelic mushroom, cannabis, or ephedra. In both Indian and Iranian tradition, the drink is ...