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Rigveda
- The Rigveda Samhita is the oldest extant Indic text.It is a collection of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses in all, organized into ten books
- The Rigveda is structured based on clear principles. The Veda begins with a small book addressed to Agni, Indra, Soma and other gods,
- The books were composed by poets from different priestly groups over a period of several centuries between c. 1500 and 1200 BC.
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Atharvaveda
- The Artharvaveda Samhita is the text 'belonging to the Atharvan and Angirasa poets
- The Atharvaveda is sometimes call...
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The Veda - essence of ancient India
The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit,...
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Samaveda
- The Samaveda Samhita consists of 1549 stanzas, taken almost entirely (except for 75 mantras) from the Rigveda.While its earliest parts are believed to date from as early as the Rigvedic period, the existing compilation dates from the post-...
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Yajurveda
- It is a compilation of ritual offering formulas that were said by a priest while an individual performed ritual actions.
- There are two major groups of texts in this Veda: the "Black" (Krishna) and the "White" (Shukla). The term "black" implies "the un-arranged, motl...
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