Ṛta

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Vedic concept cosmic order moral law principle religious principle

Ṛta is the Vedic principle of cosmic order and truth that governs both the natural world and moral law.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Asha (truth, order)	1
maat (cosmic order)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vedic concept ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ moral law principle ⓘ religious principle ⓘ
aspectOf	Vedic worldview ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	Dharma NERFINISHED ⓘ Karma ⓘ Satya NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Agni NERFINISHED ⓘ Indra NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitra NERFINISHED ⓘ Varuṇa NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Hindu cosmological concept ⓘ Hindu ethical concept ⓘ Hindu philosophical concept ⓘ
contrastedWith	anṛta ⓘ
culturalContext	ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn	Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedic literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
domain	cosmology ⓘ ethics ⓘ ritual ⓘ
governs	moral order ⓘ natural order ⓘ ritual correctness ⓘ
influencedConcept	Dharma ⓘ cosmic law in Hinduism ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
maintainedBy	proper ritual action ⓘ righteous conduct ⓘ truthful speech ⓘ
meaning	cosmic order ⓘ properly joined ⓘ right ⓘ truth ⓘ
oppositeOf	anṛta ⓘ
presupposes	moral causality ⓘ regularity of nature ⓘ
relatedTerm	Asha ⓘ
relatedTradition	Indo-Iranian religious thought ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ Vedic religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin	Vedic period ⓘ
transliteration	Rta ⓘ Ṛta ⓘ
upheldBy	Vedic deities ⓘ

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

Chinvat Bridge → alignedWith → Ṛta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asha (truth, order)

Mitra → associatedWith → Ṛta ⓘ

Contendings of Horus and Set → associatedWithConcept → Ṛta ⓘ

this entity surface form: maat (cosmic order)