The oldest of the four Vedas, the foundational scriptures of Hinduism, a collection of hymns in archaic Sanskrit addressed to a range of deities and central to Vedic ritual and later Hindu tradition. Belongs here: any passage drawn from this collection. Does not belong here: passages from the other Vedas or from the Upanishads, which the atlas tracks under their own group.
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The Rigveda or Rig Veda is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas).
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