Divine Teachings of Rig-Veda

By Sharma Mahesh

The Vedas are the oldest scriptures in the world. The entire lifestyle of Hinduism is based on the Vedas. The Vedas have solutions to every man’s problem, including Brahma, the universe, astrology, mathematics, chemistry, medicine, nature, astronomy, geography, history, and Hindu customs.
In the Vedas, the gods are addressed to Lord Indra, Agni, Vayu, Vishnu, Prajapati, Surya, etc. These scriptures are the storehouse of intact knowledge. Their sutras are filled with life-nectar, which can only give living being immortality.

• Language: English
• Publisher: mds
• Release date: Aug 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9791221392173

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The meaning of Veda is knowledge. Maharishi Ved Vyas divided and edited the four Vedas correctly.

In regards to the origin of the Vedas, it is described in Satapatha Brahmana that Rigveda was received from fire, Yajurveda from Vayu, and Samveda from Surya. The Vedas are also called Apaurusheya because they were not created by man but by God. In the Puranas, 'Mahabharata' is given as the name of the fifth Veda. The subsidiary scriptures of the Vedas are called Vedangas.

The sages are considered to be the seers of the Vedas. The Vedas are eternal, so their light shines only in the consciences of the sages who are in samadhi. In the Vedas, there is an integration of all three meanings: spiritual, physical, and mental.

The Rigveda occupies the first place in Vedic literature. The mantras of Rigveda are called Richa. In Rigveda, despite the abundance of religious content, details of the social, political, economic, and cultural life of human beings then are obtained.

Commentaries on the Rigveda were written by various scholars from time to time. Acharya Sayana, Skandaswami, and Madhavabhata are the main commentators. Later on, Western scholars like Wilson, Max Müller, Ludwig, Griffith, McDonnell, Oldenburg, Grassmann, Luerenu, etc., also edited, translated, and interpreted the Rigveda based on the commentaries of Indian scholars.

The Rigveda is considered to be the oldest Veda. Many hymns of the Rigveda contain mantras praising various Vedic gods. Although there are other types of hymns in Rigveda, hymns praising the gods predominate.

The Rigveda has a total of ten mandalas, and they contain 1028 hymns, for a total of 10,580 hymns.

Of its ten mandalas, some mandalas are small and some mandalas are big.

Both the first and last mandalas are equally large. The number of hymns in them is also 191.

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