-
developed during the
Rigvedic period.
There is
little evidence of
dowry and no
evidence of sati in it or
related Vedic texts. The
Rigvedic hymns mention rice...
- 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...
-
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...
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northwestern Indian subcontinent, from
Gandhara to Kurukshetra.
Identification of
Rigvedic hydronyms has
engaged multiple historians; it is the
single most important...
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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...
-
Rigvedic deities are
deities mentioned in the
sacred texts of Rigveda, the prin****l text of the
historical Vedic religion of the
Vedic period (1500–500...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Lal, B. B. (2015), The
Rigvedic People: Invaders? Immigrants? or Indigenous?. See also
Koenraad Elst, "Book Review: The
Rig Vedic People Were Indigenous...
