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The Rigveda or Rig Veda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद, IAST: ṛgveda, from ऋच्, "praise" [2] and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts (śruti) known as the Vedas. [3][4] Only one Shakha of the many survive today, namely the Śakalya ...
The Samhitas (Sanskrit saṃhitā, "collection"), are collections of metric texts (" mantras "). There are four "Vedic" Samhitas: the Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda and Atharva-Veda, most of which are available in several recensions (śākhā). In some contexts, the term Veda is used to refer only to these Samhitas, the collection of mantras.
22 October 4202 BC or 19 October 3811 BC (As per claim) Also known as. Atri's Total Solar Eclipse. Type. Solar Eclipse. Total Solar Eclipse mentioned by the Vedic sage Atri in Rigaveda. Atri's Eclipse is a total solar eclipse mentioned in the Indian text Rigaveda. It has been claimed by some modern astronomical scholars to be the earliest ...
Rigvedic geography. Identification of Rigvedic hydronyms has engaged multiple historians; it is the single most important way of establishing the geography and chronology of the early Vedic period. [1][2] Rivers with certain identifications stretch from eastern Afghanistan to the western Gangetic plain, clustering in the Punjab.
Jambudvīpa (Pali; Jambudīpa) is a name often used to describe the territory of Greater India in ancient Indian sources. The term is based on the concept of dvīpa, meaning "island" or "continent" in ancient Indian cosmogony. The term Jambudvipa was used by Ashoka to represent his realm in the third century BCE.
The oldest known archaeological linga as an icon of Shiva is the Gudimallam lingam from 3rd-century BCE. [316] In Shaivism pilgrimage tradition, twelve major temples of Shiva are called Jyotirlinga, which means "linga of light", and these are located across India. [334]
Agni(Sanskrit: अग्नि, Sanskrit pronunciation:[ˈɐgni]) is the Hindu godof fire. [4][5][6]and the guardian deity of the southeast direction, he is typically found in southeast corners of Hindu temples.[7] In the classical cosmologyof Hinduism, fire (Agni) is one of the five inert impermanent elements (Pañcabhūtá) along with sky ...
The word varaha is found in Rigveda, for example, in its verses such as 1.88.5, 8.77.10 and 10.28.4 where it means "wild boar". [ 2 ] [ 5 ] The word also means "rain cloud" and is symbolic in some Rigvedic hymns, such as Vedic deity Vritra being called a varaha in Rigvedic verses 1.61.7 and 10.99.6, and Soma 's epithet being a varaha in 10.97.7.