Write a short note on the rig Veda, megaliths
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The Rigveda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, from ṛc"praise"[1] and veda "knowledge") is an ancient Indo-Aryan Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrithymns along with associated commentaries on liturgy, ritual and mystical exegesis. It is one of the four canonical sacred texts (śruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas.[2][3]
The core text, known as the Rigveda Samnita, is a collection of 1,028 hymns (sūktas) in about 10,600 verses (called ṛc, eponymous of the name Rigveda), organized into ten books (maṇḍalas). It is one of the four canonical sacred texts (śruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas.[2][4] In the eight books that were composed the earliest, the hymns are mostly praise of specific deities.[5] The younger books 1 and 10 in part also deal with philosophical or speculative questions,[6] the virtue of dāna (charity) in society[7] and other metaphysical issues in its hymns.[8]
The oldest layers of the Rigveda Samhita have a claim of being among the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language, perhaps of similar age as certain Hittite texts.[9]Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the oldest parts of the Rigveda were composed in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, most likely between c. 1500 and 1200 BC,[10][11][12] although a wider approximation of c. 1700–1100 BC has also been given.[13][14][note 1] The initial codification of the Rigveda took place during the early Kuru kingdom (c. 1200–900 BC).
The core text, known as the Rigveda Samnita, is a collection of 1,028 hymns (sūktas) in about 10,600 verses (called ṛc, eponymous of the name Rigveda), organized into ten books (maṇḍalas). It is one of the four canonical sacred texts (śruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas.[2][4] In the eight books that were composed the earliest, the hymns are mostly praise of specific deities.[5] The younger books 1 and 10 in part also deal with philosophical or speculative questions,[6] the virtue of dāna (charity) in society[7] and other metaphysical issues in its hymns.[8]
The oldest layers of the Rigveda Samhita have a claim of being among the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language, perhaps of similar age as certain Hittite texts.[9]Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the oldest parts of the Rigveda were composed in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, most likely between c. 1500 and 1200 BC,[10][11][12] although a wider approximation of c. 1700–1100 BC has also been given.[13][14][note 1] The initial codification of the Rigveda took place during the early Kuru kingdom (c. 1200–900 BC).
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The rig Veda is the oldest Veda . It was composed about 3500years ago. It is divided into 10 'mandalas' or books and contains 1028 hymns . These hymns are in praise of different gods such as indra,the god of rain , storm and war ; Agni, the fire god ;Varun ,the sky god and many more.
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