Rig-Veda
or Rig·ve·da
[rig-vey-duh, -vee-duh]
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noun Hinduism.
one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
Compare Veda.
Origin of Rig-Veda
From the Sanskrit word ṛgveda
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Preface to the fourth volume of my edition of the Rig-Veda, p. li.
India: What can it teach us?F. Max Mller
Madhuvridh is likewise a word which does not occur again in the Rig-Veda.
India: What can it teach us?F. Max Mller
In some of the hymns of the Rig-Veda we can still watch an earlier phase.
India: What can it teach us?F. Max Mller
See preface to the fourth volume of my edition of the Rig-veda.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume IFriedrich Max Mller
I give but one specimen, the 129th hymn of the tenth book of the Rig-veda.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume IFriedrich Max Mller
Rig-Veda
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Word Origin for Rig-Veda
C18: from Sanskrit rigveda, from ric song of praise + Veda
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