Rig Veda
Rig Veda (also written as Rik Veda in English)
is the oldest of all Vedas. Some scholars date the
Rig Veda as early as 12000 BC - 4000 B.C. But Hindus
believe that Vedas are eternal knowledge and beyond space-time. The
Rig-Vedic ‘samhita’ or collection of mantras consists of 1,028
hymns or ‘suktas’,
The 10,589 verses of the
Rigveda are divided into ten mandalas or books.
First mandala consists of 191
suktas and 2006 mantras
Second mandala consists of 43 suktas and 429 mantras
Third mandala consists of 62 suktas and 617 mantras
Fourth mandala consists of 58 suktas and 589 mantras
Fifth mandala consists of 87 suktas and 727 mantras
Sixth mandala consists of 75 suktas and 765 mantras
Seventh mandala consists of 104 suktas and 841 mantras
Eighth mandala consists of 103 suktas and 1716 mantras
Ninth mandala consists of 114 suktas and 1108 mantras
Tenth mandala consists of 191 suktas and 1754 mantras
According to
the Shatapatha Brahmana, the number of syllables in the Rigveda is 432,000,
equalling the number of muhurtas (1 day = 30 muhurtas) in forty years.The
Rig-Vedic hymns were compiled by Paila under the
guidance of Vyasa, and went to form the Rig mantra
Samhita. Rgveda
intones that let there be goodness in the hearts and thoughts. Since all
are embodiments of the Divinity, all human beings are one.
Rig Veda is important not only from religious and philosophical point of
view but as some recent research has shown it also contains immense
information on cosmology, astrology and mathematics.
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Veda in Sanskrit
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