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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Rigveda canonical 62
Rigveda 10.129 1
Rigveda Samhita 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu scripture ⓘ
Sanskrit text ⓘ
Veda ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate c. 1500–1200 BCE ⓘ
approximateNumberOfVerses 10500 ⓘ
associatedWithTradition Mimamsa ⓘ
surface form: Śrauta

Vedas ⓘ
surface form: Śruti
canonicalStatus Vedas ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Shiva ⓘ
surface form: Rudra

Soma ⓘ
Dawn ⓘ
surface form: Ushas

Varuna ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
hasPart Āraṇyaka ⓘ
surface form: Aranyaka

Brahmana ⓘ
Samaveda ⓘ
surface form: Samhita

Upanishads ⓘ
surface form: Upanishad
historicalPeriod early Vedic period ⓘ
importantHymn Gayatri hymn ⓘ
Nasadiya Sukta ⓘ
Purusha Sukta ⓘ
influenced later Hindu philosophy ⓘ
later Vedic literature ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Soma sacrifice

fire rituals ⓘ

Referenced by (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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this entity surface form: Rigveda hymns
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Jhelum River → mentionedIn → Rigveda ⓘ
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