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Jezik: Engleski
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The Rigveda or Rig Veda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, from ṛc `praise`[2] and veda `knowledge`) is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts (śruti) known as the Vedas.[3][4] Only one Shakha of the many survive today, namely the Śakalya Shakha. Much of the contents contained in the remaining Shakhas are now lost or are not available in the public forum.[5] Rigveda Samhita was composed in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent (present day India, Afghanistan and Pakistan).[6][7][8]

The Rigveda is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text.[9] Its early layers are among the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language.[10][note 2] The sounds and texts of the Rigveda have been orally transmitted since the 2nd millennium BCE.[12][13][14] Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the bulk of the Rigveda Samhita was composed in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent (see Rigvedic rivers), most likely between c. 1500 and 1000 BCE,[6][7][8] although a wider approximation of c. 1900–1200 BCE has also been given.[15][16][note 1]

The text is layered, consisting of the Samhita, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads.[note 3] The Rigveda Samhita is the core text and is a collection of 10 books (maṇḍalas) with 1,028 hymns (sūktas) in about 10,600 verses (called ṛc, eponymous of the name Rigveda). In the eight books – Books 2 through 9 – that were composed the earliest, the hymns predominantly discuss cosmology, rites required to earn the favour of the gods,[17] and rituals, as well as praise deities.[18][19] The more recent books (Books 1 and 10) in part also deal with philosophical or speculative questions,[19] virtues such as dāna (charity) in society,[20] questions about the origin of the universe and the nature of the divine,[21][22] and other metaphysical issues in their hymns.[23]

Some of its verses continue to be recited during Hindu prayer and celebration of rites of passage (such as weddings), making it probably the world`s oldest religious text in continued use
Ригведа најстарији споменик индијске књижевности, у 10 књига. То је Reč veda bukvalno znači znanje. Koren reči je vid, što znači znati. Vede su stoga tekstovi koji pružaju znanje. Možda ste svesni da se oni smatraju najsvetijim. Postoje četiri Vede, poznate kao Rig Veda, Iajur Veda, Sama Veda i Atharva Veda. Pre mnogo godina, Vede su se nazivale traii, što znači tri. Mora da je postojao trenutak kada su postojale samo tri Vede. Priznaje se da su to bile Rig Veda, Iajur Veda i Sama Veda. Veruje se da je Atharva Veda kasniji dodatak svetom kanonu.
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