Rigveda

       

    Rigveda( ऋग्वेद) is the oldest  extant text in vedic age. according to Hindu mythology it is the first litralical evidence and source of knowledge. And one of the four extant text called as Vedas . There are so many dissension on how much old it is according to Lokamanya Tilak it was composed before 5000 BC.  The Rigveda was not composed by any human or any animal. it is narration of gods for human  for guidance of living.

         At the age of Panini (master in Sanskrit language/संस्क्रूत भाषेवर वर्चस्व असलेले सगल्यात मोठे जानकार) Rigveda is arranged into hymens(सुक्ते) and verses(ऋचा :-ऋग्वेदातिल कड़वे). also it is divided into ten main books(मंडले). There are 1028 hymens and 10,600 verses. RISHI VYAS also arranged the Rigveda for better understanding. According to Hindu mythology it is the very Sacred text  which gives information about everything you need for life.

          RIGVEDA is from vedic (वैदिक)culture and it has four Vedas but Rigveda is oldest and first Veda in Hindu culture or vedic culture.

      According to some phrases in RIGVEDA God is immortal and it is giving immortality to our souls. And some phrases tells about Agni(अग्नि), Indra(इंद्रा), Surya(सूर्य), and Yama(यम). There is so many things are not decoded but Rigveda is fulfill with knowledge. In RIGVEDA there is secret of origin of world and god of nature. but in Rigveda there is so many gods described but only three are mostly described Agni(अग्नि), Indra(इंद्रा), and Soma. 

     RIGVEDA says that the biggest deity's than god creates the world and god helps them to create this world. That creators are named as Prajapati(प्रजापति), Vishwkrma(विश्वाकर्मा ), Purush(पुरुष), and Hiryanygarbh(हिरण्यगर्भ). God gives a sacrifice [ 'Bali' (बळी) ] of the almighty Purush(विराट पुरुष) ). And from his organs the world is created.  According some stories first Hiranyagarbha is born from this sacrifice and he created the world.

             According to some historian's Aryans(आर्य) was paganism(मूर्तिपुजक) and some believe that ' god is in nature' so according to it they named every river as 'Mata'(माता). And they find every written proof about it for example 'god of sea's' (समुद्रदेव).

            In RIGVEDA there is so much information is given but we are not completely decoded it because it all phrases has double mining.
            The first religion of Indus valley civilization was Rigveda. the whole civilization raised and developed on the information of Rigveda.

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