Rigveda

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Hindu scripture Sanskrit text Veda religious text

The Rigveda is the oldest of the four Vedas, a foundational collection of ancient Sanskrit hymns that form a core sacred text of Hinduism.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu scripture → Sanskrit text → Veda → religious text →
approximateCompositionDate	c. 1500–1200 BCE →
approximateNumberOfVerses	10500 →
associatedWithTradition	Śrauta → Śruti →
canonicalStatus	śruti (revealed scripture) →
centralConcept	cosmic order → deva → yajña → ṛta →
composedInRegion	northwestern Indian subcontinent →
contains	hymns → invocations → mythological narratives → philosophical reflections → prayers →
dedicatedToDeity	Agni → Ashvins → Indra → Mitra → Rudra → Soma → Ushas → Varuna → Vishnu →
hasPart	Aranyaka → Brahmana → Samhita → Upanishad →
historicalPeriod	early Vedic period →
importantHymn	Gayatri hymn → Nasadiya Sukta → Purusha Sukta →
influenced	later Hindu philosophy → later Vedic literature →
language	Vedic Sanskrit →
meterUsed	Anushtubh → Gayatri → Jagati → Tristubh →
numberOfHymns	1028 →
numberOfMandalas	10 →
oldestOf	four Vedas →
partOf	Vedas →
primaryUse	recitation in Vedic rituals → sacrificial ceremonies →
relatedWork	Atharvaveda → Samaveda → Yajurveda →
religion	Hinduism →
scriptUsedHistorically	none (originally oral, later written in various scripts) →
transmission	oral tradition →
usedBy	Vedic priests →
usedIn	Soma sacrifice → fire rituals →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jhelum River → Parushni → Ravi River →	mentionedIn
Atharvaveda → Yajurveda →	relatedTo
Saraswati → Vishnu →	scripturalMention
Vedic period →	associatedWith
Indo-Iranian peoples →	associatedWithText
Samaveda ("Rigveda hymns") →	derivedFrom
Vedas →	hasPart
Hinduism →	hasScripture
Brahmins →	historicalTextMention
Kashi →	mentionedInText
Samaveda →	relatedWork
Yama →	textMention