Rigveda

ऋग्वेदः · ഋഗ്വേദം

Also known as Rig Veda, Ṛgveda

The oldest of the four Vedas: 1,028 hymns in ten mandalas, addressed to the Vedic deities.

Attributed to Composed by the Vedic rishis and transmitted in family lineages. Period c. 1500–1200 BCE 10,552 verses

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Structure: Mandala → Sukta → Mantra
Text type: shruti
Counting convention: 1,028 suktas across ten mandalas; mantra counts differ slightly by recension.
Books: 10
Counts: Traditional attribution, not yet independently verified
Rights: Sanskrit source text is in the public domain; the imported edition and translator credits are recorded per text.
Dating source: Approximate scholarly range; traditional chronology differs.
Languages online: Sanskrit

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Introduction

The Rigveda is a collection of hymns (suktas) arranged in ten mandalas. Its verses were composed in Vedic Sanskrit and transmitted orally with great care before being written down.

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