- "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...
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Purusha Sukta (Sanskrit: पुरुषसूक्तम्, IAST: Puruṣasūktam) is a hymn in the Rigveda,
dedicated to the Purusha, the "Cosmic Being". The hymn is also found...
- the Rigveda. In this
sukta,
Hiranyagarbha is
mentioned as the God of the gods and
there is no one like Him. The
Hiranyagarbha Sukta declares that Brahman...
- The Nāsadīya
Sūkta (after the
incipit ná ásat, or "not the non-existent"), also
known as the Hymn of Creation, is the 129th hymn of the 10th
mandala of...
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Manyu Sukta is hymn 10.83 and 10.84 from the Rig veda. It
contains 14
verses and is
dedicated to Manyu.
Manyu in
Vedic sanskrit stands for temper, anger...
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Nadistuti Sukta (Sanskrit: नदीस्तुति सूक्तम्; IAST: Nadīstuti Sūktam), is the 75th hymn (
sukta) of 10th
Mandala of the Rigveda.
Nadistuti sukta is important...
- The Shri
Sukta (Sanskrit: श्रीसूक्तम्, romanized: Śrīsūktam), also
called the Shri Suktam, is the
earliest recorded Sanskrit devotional hymns that revere...
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mention in one hymn of the
Rigveda (RV 10.121),
known as the Hiraṇyagarbha
Sūkta,
suggesting a
single creator deity (verse 8: yo deveṣv ādhi devā eka āsīt...
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called the
Pancha Sukta by Vaishnavites, the
other four
usually being the
Purusha Sukta, the Sri
Sukta, the Bhu
Sukta, and the Nila
Sukta. Some commentators...
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Sukta to the
Rigveda describes the
symbolic creation of the four varna-s
through cosmic sacrifice (yajña). Some
scholars consider the
Purusha Sukta to...
