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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.
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 ...
Near Suratgarh the Ghaggar is then joined by the dried up Drishadvati river. Sarasvati is the name of a river originating in the Aravalli mountain range in Rajasthan, passing through Sidhpur and Patan before submerging in the Rann of Kutch. Saraswati River, a tributary of Alaknanda River, originates near Badrinath.
The Daughters of Ægir and Rán as depicted in a grayscale version of a painting by Hans Dahl (1849-1937) In Norse mythology, the goddess Rán and the jötunn Ægir both personify the sea, and together they have nine daughters who personify waves. Each daughter's name reflects poetic terms for waves. The sisters are attested in the Poetic Edda ...
The Purus were a Rigvedic tribe or a confederation of tribes that existed between c. 1700–1400 BCE. [1] There were several factions of Purus, one being the Bharatas. [2] The Purus and the Bharatas were the two most prominent tribes in most of the Rigveda. [1] The chief of tribe was called Rajan [3] The Purus rallied many other groups against ...
It commemorates a battle between good and evil. [ 101 ] Sarasvati is an important goddess in Balinese Hinduism. She shares the same attributes and iconography as Sarasvati in Hindu literature of India – in both places, she is the goddess of knowledge, creative arts, wisdom, language, learning and purity.
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[2] [17] He ran a Vedic school (gurukul), as evidenced by hymn 1.179 of the Rigveda which credits its author to be his wife Lopamudra and his students. [11] He was a respected sage in the Vedic era, as many other hymns of the Rigveda composed by other sages refer to Agastya. The hymns composed by Agastya are known for verbal play and similes ...