Home›Sources›The Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentarySourcesThe Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentaryCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentary." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-hymns-of-the-rigveda-translated-with-a-popular-commentary.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentary. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-hymns-of-the-rigveda-translated-with-a-popular-commentaryCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-hymns-of-the-rigveda-translated-with, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentary}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-hymns-of-the-rigveda-translated-with-a-popular-commentary}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXRalph Griffith's is a complete Victorian-era verse translation of the Rigveda, the oldest layer of Vedic scripture, made directly from the Sanskrit rather than through an intermediate language. This atlas states an honest technical limit plainly: the source e-text carries IAST diacritics that are folded to plain ASCII in the stored passage text, a transcription step recorded in each context note rather than left silent. Being a nineteenth-century translation rather than a current scholarly one is why this record sits at the tier for a reputable secondary rendering rather than the top tier, since later translations have refined specific readings Griffith could not have known. Use it for the wording of a specific Rigvedic hymn as this translation renders it; a claim resting on a contested modern reading needs a more current Vedic translation alongside it.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (160 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Ralph Griffith's complete Victorian-era verse translation of the Rigveda, made directly from the Sanskrit; held at the tier for a reputable period rendering rather than the top tier because later translations have refined specific readings Griffith could not have known.NotesWell-attestedGriffith's complete verse translation. The e-text carries IAST diacritics; these are folded to plain ASCII in PassageText and the fact is recorded in each ContextNote.CitationAuthorWell-attestedRalph T. H. GriffithPublisherWell-attestedE. J. Lazarus / Internet Sacred Text ArchivePublication YearWell-attested1896URLWell-attestedhttps://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/Source TypeWell-attestedprimary-textClaims Backed By This Source (160 claims)This source backs 160 claims across the atlas. As facts: 104 well-attested. As cited relationships: 18 holds. Plus 38 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicPassages, 76 claims: 56 well-attested, 12 holds, 8 general references.Articles, 21 claims: 21 well-attested.Scripture Portions, 20 claims: 10 well-attested, 10 general references.Deities, 12 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 6 general references.Prayers, 9 claims: 5 holds, 4 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Numbers, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.Figures, 2 claims: 2 general references.Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Scriptures & Texts, 2 claims: 2 general references.Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.Mythical Creatures, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested104ArticlesA Battle, a Confession, and a Chorus of FrogsA Book Organized for Ritual Use, Not by LineageA Family Book Built Mostly Around Indra and AgniA Name That Outlived the HymnsA Priestly Line That Named a Whole Later GotraA Rishi Family Famous for a Fire OrdealA Verse in Daily Use for Three Thousand YearsFire as Priest: What the Hymn Praises Agni ForFraming the Whole CollectionFrom Vedic Hymnist to Puranic SageHow Scholars Read the Family Books as the Oldest LayerOne Hundred and Fourteen Hymns to a Single DrinkOne Verse That Outgrew the Book It Came FromThe Book That Echoes Zoroaster's HymnsThe Closest Thing the Rig Veda Has to a DateThe Shortest of the Family BooksThe Verse That Justified, and the Verse That DoubtedThe Widest Gate Into the Rig VedaWhat the Family Books Share, and What Sets Each ApartWhat Two Related Scriptures Can Show Each OtherWhere the Rig Veda Turns PhilosophicalDeitiesAditiSavitrNumbers3337PassagesRig Veda 1.1.1-3Rig Veda 1.32.1-2Rig Veda 10.121.1-2Rig Veda 10.129.1-3Rig Veda 10.129.6-7Rig Veda 10.90.1-2Rig Veda 3.62.10 (the Gayatri)Rig Veda 7.86.1-2Sacred Objects & Ritual ItemsSomaScripture PortionsMandala 1Mandala 10Mandala 2Mandala 3Mandala 4Mandala 5Mandala 6Mandala 7Mandala 8Mandala 9SourcesThe Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentaryHolds18DeitiesSavitrPassagesRig Veda 1.1.1-3Rig Veda 1.32.1-2Rig Veda 10.121.1-2Rig Veda 10.129.1-3Rig Veda 10.129.6-7Rig Veda 10.90.1-2Rig Veda 3.62.10 (the Gayatri)Rig Veda 7.86.1-2PrayersGayatri PrayerMahamrityunjaya PrayerPrayer to SavitrGeneral References38DeitiesAditiAryamanBhagaMitraSavitrThe AdityasFiguresAtriVishvamitraHymns & Liturgical TextsPurusha SuktaMythical CreaturesVritraNumbers3337PassagesRig Veda 1.1.1-3Rig Veda 1.32.1-2Rig Veda 10.121.1-2Rig Veda 10.129.1-3Rig Veda 10.129.6-7Rig Veda 10.90.1-2Rig Veda 3.62.10 (the Gayatri)Rig Veda 7.86.1-2PrayersGayatri PrayerMahamrityunjaya PrayerPrayer to SavitrThe Fire Offering's Opening InvocationSacred Objects & Ritual ItemsSomaScripture PortionsMandala 1Mandala 10Mandala 2Mandala 3Mandala 4Mandala 5Mandala 6Mandala 7Mandala 8Mandala 9Scriptures & TextsRig VedaThe VedasComments (0)No comments yet. 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