- was
composed in the
northwestern region of the
Indian subcontinent (see
Rigvedic rivers), most
likely between c. 1500 and 1000 BCE,
although a
wider approximation...
- to date from as
early as the
Rigvedic period, the
existing compilation dates from the post-
Rigvedic Mantra period of
Vedic Sanskrit,
between c. 1200 and...
-
northwestern Indian subcontinent, from
Gandhara to Kurukshetra.
Identification of
Rigvedic hydronyms has
engaged multiple historians; it is the
single most important...
-
mentioned in the post-
Rigvedic Atharvaveda, and
therefore the
Early Vedic Period was a
Bronze Age
culture whereas the Late
Vedic Period was an Iron Age...
- also –
according to RV 2.12 – the second-greatest of the
RigVedic gods
after Indra.: 134
Rigvedic hymns to Mitra-Varuna
include RV 1.136, 137, 151–153,...
-
secure Vedic sanction for the
heredity caste scheme. An
alternate explanation is that the word 'Shudra' does not
occur anywhere else in the
Rig-veda except...
- the
early Rigvedic river.[needs context] The
Rigveda does not
explicitly refer to an
external homeland or to a migration, but
later Vedic and Puranic...
-
gradual change in
Vedic Sanskrit, but
there is
disappearance of
these archaic correspondences and
linguistics in the post-
Rigvedic period. This period...
- shabdat).
Katyayana likens speech to the
supreme Brahman. He uses the
Rigvedic verse – "Four are its horns,
three its feet, two its heads, and
seven its...
-
grave burials as well as
cremation are seen
since the
Rigvedic period.
Deities emphasized in the
Vedic religion include Dyaus, Indra, Agni,
Rudra and Varuna...
