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    Rigveda (redirect from Rig-veda)
    The Rigveda or Rig Veda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद, IAST: ṛgveda, from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns...
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    the Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda and Atharva-Veda, most of which are available in several recensions (śākhā). In some contexts, the term Veda is used...
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    Asura (section Rig Veda)
    Stephanie W. Jamison, Joel P. Brereton — Rig Veda 1.35.10 In the Jaiminya (3.35.3), one of three recensions of the SamaVeda, the term 'Asura' is stated to be...
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    Vritra (section Vedas)
    myth, Typhon of Greek myth, and Veles of Slavic myth. According to the Rig Veda, Vritra kept the waters of the world captive until he was killed by Indra...
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  • after sunrise until sunset it is called Sūrya. Savitr is venerated in the Rig Veda, the oldest component of the Vedic scriptures. He is first recorded in...
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  • devaśunī). She first appears in one of Hinduism's earliest texts, the Rig Veda, in which she helps the king of the gods Indra to recover divine cows stolen...
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    mention of Atri is found in various scriptures, with the notable being in Rig Veda. He is also associated with various ages, the notable being in Treta Yuga...
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    Vamana (section Sama Veda)
    ISBN 978-81-208-1105-8. "Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN XXII. Aśvins and Others". www.sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020. "Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN...
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    Grassmann's translation of Rig-Veda identifies seven different meanings of dharma, Karl Friedrich Geldner in his translation of the Rig-Veda employs 20 different...
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  • Dasa (section Rig Veda)
    Authors like Sri Aurobindo believe that words like Dasa are used in the Rig Veda symbolically and should be interpreted spiritually, and that Dasa does...
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