did not regard the Vedas as authoritative, are referred to as "heterodox" or "non-orthodox" (nāstika) schools. The Sanskrit word véda "knowledge, wisdom"...
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Atri (section Seer of Rig Veda)
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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330,003 Crossdressers From Beyond the Rig Veda is the tenth studio album by American experimental rock band Sun City Girls, released in 1996 by Abduction...
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assumes the colour yellow and the Vedas are categorized into four parts: Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda. [citation needed] Yuga (Sanskrit:...
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Dharma (section In Vedas and Upanishads)
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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Parjanya (section Rig Veda hymns to Parjanya)
his mouth oblation rich in savoury juice: May he for ever give us food. Rig Veda Hymn to Parjanya Three hymns of the Rigveda, 5.83, 7.101 and 7.102, are...
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Samhita (category Vedas)
mantras. It is found in Rig Veda Samhita. :ॐ भूर्भुवस्वः। तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम्। भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि। धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् – Rig Veda 3.62.10 Weber noted that...
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Sarama (section Rig veda and related versions)
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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ISBN 978-0-19-971825-2. "RigVeda Book I XXI 'Aśvins and Others' (Sanskrit and Transliteration)". www.sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020. "RigVeda Book I XXI...
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a sacred mantra from the Ṛig Veda (Mandala 3.62.10), dedicated to the Vedic deity Savitr. It is known as "Mother of the Vedas". The term Gāyatrī may also...
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means "embodiment of grace". The word Shiva is used as an adjective in the Rig Veda (c. 1700–1100 BCE), as an epithet for several Rigvedic deities, including...
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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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Mandala 1 (redirect from Rig Veda 1)
Sanskrit Wikisource has original text related to this article: Original Sanskrit text in Devanagari Works related to The Rig Veda/Mandala 1 at Wikisource...
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Vedic times Indra was described in Rig Veda 6.30.4 as superior to any other god. Sayana in his commentary on Rig Veda 6.47.18 described Indra as assuming...
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Shakha (category Vedas)
Veda each expounds. Śaunaka's Caraṇa-vyuha lists five shakhas for the Rig Veda, the Śākala, Bāṣkala, Aśvalāyana, Śaṅkhāyana, and Māṇḍukāyana of which...
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Ghaggar-Hakra River (section Rig Veda)
Ghaggar-Hakra might be the defunct remains of the Sarasvati River mentioned in the Rig Veda, fed by Himalayan-fed rivers, despite the fact that the Ghaggar-Hakra had...
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an alternative name, Vaidyanatha (Lord of Remedies). A verse from the Rig Veda (RV 2.33.9) calls Rudra 'The Lord or Sovereign of the Universe' (īśānādasya...
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the Rig Veda as a mighty river, with the Ghaggar-Hakra River, which had dried up c. 2000 BCE, arguing therefore for an earlier dating of the Rig Veda; Arguing...
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viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sṻrayaḥ Rig Veda 1.22.20) "The One Truth, sages know by many names" (Rig Veda 1.164.46) "When at first the unborn sprung...
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Yajurveda (redirect from Yajur Veda)
Issue 1, pages 347–353 Antonio de Nicholas (2003), Meditations Through the Rig Veda: Four-Dimensional Man, ISBN 978-0595269259, pages 273–274 Edmund Gosse...
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Rig-Veda". Journal of the American Oriental Society, 11, 117–208. The Rig-Veda. Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. 1896. Muller, F. M. (1869). Rig-veda-sanhita...
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2013. 1.61.7: "Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN LXI. Indra". www.sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 25 November 2019. 8.66.10:"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 8: HYMN...
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