Questions tagged [rig-veda]
The oldest of the four Vedas. See also [vedas].
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Are Vedas well-preserved or not?
Vedas, as we believe are words of God so they should be static, but, I think Rigveda has been corrupted. E.g., Nirukta 7:8 talks of a verse offering an oblation to Vishnu and Agni but the verse is not ...
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Can anyone clarify as to why this Rig Vedic mantra mentions Gods differently?
There was another question on the following topic. However, my question is different.
Which shloka or scripture states that there are 33 crores of Hindu gods?
Rig Veda III.20.5
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Do the 3,339 Gods mentioned in Rig Veda III.9.9 indicate number of sages got wisdom before Viswamitra?
Rig Veda III.9.9 says
trīṇi śatā trī sahasrāṇyaghniṃ triṃśacca devā navacāsaparyan | aukṣan
ghṛtairastṛṇan barhirasmā ādid dhotāraṃ nyasādayanta ||
Three times a hundred Gods and thrice a ...
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Has monogamy or eka patni vrata, as followed by Sri Rama, origins in Vedic Culture?
Rig Veda III.7.4 says
mahi tvāṣṭramūrjayantīrajuryaṃ stabhūyamānaṃ vahato vahanti |
vyaṅghebhirdidyutānaḥ sadhastha ekāmiva rodasī ā viveśa ||
Translation of H.H. Wilson is as follows:
The flowing ...
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How many forts of Shambara did Indra really destroy?
Why do these verses of Rigveda contradict each other on the number of Shambara's forts destroyed by Indra? How to reconcile these differences?
90 forts.
Rig Veda 1.130.7 “For Pūru thou hast shattered,...
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What is the meaning of brAhmana, as mentioned in Rig Veda II.36.5?
Rig Veda II.36.5 says
eṣa sya te tanvo nṛmṇavardhanaḥ saha ojaḥ pradivi bāhvorhitaḥ |
tubhyaṃ suto maghavan tubhyamābhṛtastvamasya brāhmanādā tṛpat piba ||
Translation of Ralph T.H. Griffith is as ...
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Is Mount Meru described in Rigveda?
There is controversy created on this issue now on social media, some people saying that it's described in Rigveda, while others not.
So, is it really described in any verse of Rigveda ?
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Who are the 5 terrestrial Rishies that were mentioned in Rig Veda II.34.14?
Rig Veda II.34.14, dedicated to Maruts, narrates briefly about 5 terrestrial rishies
तानियानो महि वरूथमूतय उप घेदेना नमसा गर्णीमसि | तरितो न यान पञ्च
होतॄनभिष्टय आववर्तदवराञ्चक्रियावसे ||
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How can I worship Dyaus the Sky god?
I can't find any specific hymns dedicated to him in the Rigveda. Are there any mantras or richas dedicated to him in our Shastra?
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Was the act of Indra in turning the direction of Sindhu towards North (Rig veda II.15.6) historical or spiritual? [closed]
Rig veda II.15.6 says
सोदञ्चं सिन्धुमरिणान महित्वा वज्रेणान उषसः सं पिपेष | अजवसो
जविनीभिर्विव्र्श्चन सो... ||
sodañcaṃ sindhumariṇān mahitvā vajreṇāna uṣasaḥ saṃ pipeṣa | ajavaso
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Who was the Manu that Rig Veda referring to?
Rig Veda II.10.6 says
जञेया भागं सहसानो वरेण तवादूतासो मनुवद वदेम | अनूनमग्निं जुह्वा
वचस्या मधुप्र्चं धनसाजोहवीमि ||
jñeyā bhāghaṃ sahasāno vareṇa tvādūtāso manuvad vadema |
anūnamaghniṃ ...
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Had the worship of GOD been changed from 2 times to 3 times a day in the ancient Rig vedic period?
Rig Veda II.8.3,composed by the sage from Bhrigu family, eulogises AGNI as follows:
य उ शरिया दमेष्वा दोषोषसि परशस्यते | यस्य वरतं न मीयते ||
Who for his glory is extolled at eve and morning in our ...
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Why Rig Veda II.7.5 says that Agni was the descendant of Bharata?
Rig Veda II.7.5 says as follows:
तवं नो असि भारताग्ने वशाभिरुक्षभिः | अष्टापदीभिराहुतः ||
Translation of H.H. Wilson is as follows:
AGNI. descendant of Bharata, thou art entirely ours, when ...
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Did Agni take incarnation among men as per Rig Veda II.4.2?
Rig Veda II.4 is dedicated to Agni. RV II.4.2 says as follows:
इमं विधन्तो अपां सधस्थे दवितादधुर्भ्र्गवो विक्ष्वायोः | एष
विश्वान्यभ्यस्तु भूमा देवानामग्निररतिर्जीराश्वः ||
Translation of H.H. ...
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Why the poet said in plural form in Rig Veda VII.91.7?
Rig veda VII.91.7 says :
अर्व॑न्तो॒ न श्रव॑सो॒ भिक्ष॑माणा इन्द्रवा॒यू सु॑ष्टु॒तिभि॒र्वसि॑ष्ठाः
। वा॒ज॒यन्त॒: स्वव॑से हुवेम यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒: सदा॑ नः ॥७॥
We, VASISHTHAS, (bearing ...
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Was worship of 3 times mentioned in Rig Veda III.4.2, a precursor to performing of Sandhyavandana 3 times a day?
Rig Veda III.4.2, dedicated to Āprīs, says as follows:
यं देवासस्त्रिरहन्नायजन्ते दिवे-दिवे वरुणो मित्रो अग्निः | सेमं यज्ञं
मधुमन्तं कर्धी नस्तनूनपाद घर्तयोनिं विधन्तम ||
yaṃ ...
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Rig Veda 1-114 final part
In Rig Veda 1-114
imā rudrāya tavase kapardine kṣayadvīrāya pra bharāmahe matīḥ |
yathā śamasad dvipade catuṣpade viśvaṃ puṣṭaṃghrāme asminnanāturam ||
mṛḷā no rudrota no mayas kṛdhi ...
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If Rigveda is often believed to be a still mostly undeciphered text , then how come there're still translations of it openly available?
If its really as tough to translate or understand as some say because of its archaic sanskrit, then how so many people, including some foreigners have translated it in english ?
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If purusha, prakriti and parmeshwar are eternal, did god not create them?
Once a Christian asked me this question that the Vedic deities did not create anything, because Hindu scriptures say that purusha(soul) and prakriti (matter) are eternal like god.
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Who are the 7 sisters of Saraswati mentioned in Rig Veda?
Rig Veda VI.61.12 says
Seven-sistered, sprung from threefold source, the Five Tribes'
prosperer, she must be Invoked in every deed of might.
At another mantra in Rig Veda, seven rivers - सप्त सि...
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Is there any sukta in Rigveda containing 16 richas and starting with the word“Indra”?
There is a chapter called Rigvidhana in Agnipurana in which it is mentioned that if the aforementioned 16 Richas are chanted daily then one is blessed with intelligence, friends and fulfillment of ...
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What are the 360 forms/names of the Youth mentioned in Rig Veda I.155.6?
Rig Veda I.155 is dedicated to Indra/Vishnu. Rig Veda I.155.6 says as follows:
चतुर्भिः साकं नवतिं च नामभिश्चक्रं न वर्त्तं वयतीन्रवीविपत |
बर्हच्छरीरो विमिमान रक्वभिर्युवाकुमारः परत्येत्याहवम ||...
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What is the inner/esoteric meaning of the this Rig Vedic verse?
Rig Veda 10.72.2 says as follows:
बरह्मणस पतिरेता सं कर्मार इवाधमत | देवानाम्पूर्व्ये युगे.असतः सदजायत
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These Brahmaṇaspati produced with blast and smelting, like a Smith,
Existence, in an earlier ...
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Any reason for calling people, who had undergone Upanayana samskara without realisation, as dwija?
Rig Veda 8.6.10 says
I from my Father have received deep knowledge of the Holy Law I was
born like unto the Sun.
If we ponder over deeply, we can understand that it is talking about spiritual re-...
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Was the Rig Veda organized into “Books” or “Mandalas” before it was written down?
I am reading on Wikipedia about how the Rig Veda was orally passed down "with unparalleled precision". And how it is divided into 10 books, with books 2-7 being the "family" books which are older and ...
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How the Rig Veda text was formatted originally when first codified into Sanskrit
The Rig Veda has formatting like this (with the | pipe characters):
को अद्य युङकते धुरि गा रतस्य शिमीवतो भामिनो दुर्ह्र्णायून |
असन्निषून हर्त्स्वसो मयोभून य एषां भर्त्यां रणधत स जीवात ||
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What are four grades/stages or types of Vāk?
I've come across mention of four types of Vāni in several texts e.g., Ganapathi Atharvashisrsha, Saraswati Sukta, etc. One of the direct references is Rigveda 1.164.45:
HYMN CLXIV. Viśvedevas.
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Are Maruts sons of Sindhu or Pṛśni?
Rig Veda X.78.6 says that Maruts are sons of Sindhu.
These noble sons of Sindhu are like grinding-stones, they are always
like Soma-stones , tearing everything to pieces; these sons of a good
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Who is Soma in this mantra from Rigveda?
Somah pavate janita matinam janita divo janita prthivyah
Janitaghnerjanita suryasya janitendrasya janitota vishnoh (Rigveda 9.96.5).
Who was Soma in this shloka? Is it Rudra or someone else?
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Was the story of Great deluge taken from Rig Vedic mantras?
The story of Great deluge was narrated in Satapatha Brahmana , Bhagavata Purana and the Matsya Purana, as well as in the Mahabharata.
However, I have found the following epithets from Rig Veda.
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Who were Paravatas and Bṛsaya mentioned in the Rig Vedic mantras?
Rig Veda VI.61 describes elimination of Paravatas and Bṛsaya by Saraswati.
2 She with her might, like one who digs for lotus-stems, hath burst
with her strong waves the ridges of the hills. Let us ...
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RIG VEDA Texts Question
I was listening to this beautiful video
https://youtu.be/sMHeBEVnKL8
I found these parts :
1) Gananam Tva Ganapatim - from Rig Veda (2.23.1)
2) After that become :
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Rig Veda sayings about pest control
Wikipedia says that Rig Veda mentions about pest control.
The Rig Veda, which is about 4,000 years old, mentions the use of
poisonous plants for pest control.
Which excerpt of Rig Veda talks ...
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Does the story about Ṛbhus indicate practice of religious rituals other than Spirituality in Vedic era?
Rig veda I.110 says about Ṛbhus
When, seeking your enjoyment onward from afar, ye, certain of my kinsmen, wandered on your way, Sons of Sudhanvan, after your long journeying, ye came unto the home of ...
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Does the word Yoga appear in Rig Veda?
Does Rig Veda contain the word yoga or its synonyms explicitly? If not, then which among the four Vedas explicitly contains the word Yoga?
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Context and meaning for a rig veda mantra
Consider the following mantra from Rig Veda
Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah
In which context it has been told and what is the exact meaning and interpretation for it?
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Does this mantra in Rig Veda VII.76.4 indicate that earlier mandals were heard in ancient period?
Rig Veda VII.76.4 says as follows:
They were the Gods’ companions at the banquet, the ancient sages true
to Law Eternal. The Fathers found the light that lay in darkness, and
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Do Ushas and Kavya Usanas indicate one and the same epithet?
Ushas - उषस् - is a Vedic goddess of dawn in Hinduism. She is "consistently identified with dawn, revealing herself with the daily coming of light to the world, driving away oppressive darkness, ...
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Is the pranava - om - mentioned in Vedas?
The Wikipedia states, in respect of the syllable om, as follows:
The syllable Om is first mentioned in the Upanishads, the mystical
texts associated with the Vedanta philosophy.
Rig veda 1.164....
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Why did Purusha Sukta from Rig Veda contain mention about Yajur and Sama Vedas?
Consider the following mantra from Purusha Sukta 10.90.9
From that great general sacrifice Ṛcas and Sāma-hymns were born:
Therefrom were spells and charms produced; the Yajus had its birth
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Is there any link between Indra and Subrahmanya (Skanda)?
The following is from Rig Veda (VII.20.5)
वर्षा जजान वर्षणं रणाय तमु चिन नारी नर्यं ससूव |
पर यः सेनानीरध नर्भ्यो अस्तीनः सत्वा गवेषणः स धर्ष्णुः ||
A Bull begat the Bull for joy of ...
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Is the purported “Buddhist Cosmology” found in the Vedas?
The Buddhist Pali suttas (the purported words of the Buddha Gotama) contain a "cosmology", which, in the Pali language, includes:
Gods of the Four Great Kings: Cātumahārājikā Devā
Gods of ...
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Was Brihaspati mentioned in Rig Veda and Usana mentioned in Rig Veda and Bhagavadgita the same person?
Brihaspati was praised in Rig Veda as follows:
गणानां तवा गणपतिं हवामहे कविं कवीनामुपमश्रवस्तमम |
जयेष्ठराजं बरह्मणां बरह्मणस पत आ नः षर्ण्वन्नूतिभिः सीद सादनम || Rig
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Who gave Vajra or thunderbolt to Indra - Dadhichi or Usana?
In puranas Dadhichi is primarily known for sacrificing his life so the Devas, or benevolent celestial beings, could make the weapon called "Vajra" from his bones. After being driven out from Svarga, ...
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Does the word Purusha occur in the Rig Veda other than Purusha Suktam?
Purusha Suktam of Rig Veda contains the word "Purusha". However, I would like to know if the word Purusha can be found in any other Sukta other than this Purusha Sukta in the Rig Veda.
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Do Vedas support the practice of Satī?
Are there any instances of Satī in the Vedas?
Do Vedas support this practice?
Some people argue RV 10.18.8 is evidence against Satī. What is the context of this hymn/verse?
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Is English translation of Baskala Shaka available?
The vedas form the base of Hinduism.Rigveda the most oldest and important scripture of Hinduism has 5 parts as discussed in my previous question and I am interested most in the baskala Shaka.
So I ...
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Who was Arishtanemi?
I was watching lakshmi Narayan 1951 movie, Laxmi reincarnates on earth as bhuvan Mohini, while purandar indra and his enemy cousin Arishtanemi try to abduct her, then Arishtanemi with help of vritra, ...
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Does Rig Veda 10.59.7 talk about rebirth?
Rig Veda 10.59.7
May Earth restore to us our vital spirit, may Heaven the Goddess and
mid-air restore it. May Soma give us once again our body, and Pūṣan
show the Path of peace and comfort.
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Do RV 8.33.19 and 10.85.30 suggest women should wear a veil in the presence of men?
Some answers to What do Hindu scriptures say about women headscarf (hijab)? on Quora.com cite these verses from the Rigveda that seem to suggest Hindu women should wear a head veil:
God made you ...
