Rig-Veda
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Rig-Veda
From the Sanskrit word ṛgveda
Example Sentences
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In the film, “I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like,” the enigmatic title drawn from the Rig-Veda, the opening sequence conveys this sensation.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
When family straits got too much for him Alcott retired to his room, plunged into the Rig-Veda or the Confucian Analects or Hermes Trismegistus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dreams and a restlessness of the soul came to him, arising from the smoke of the sacrifices, emanating from the verses of the Rig-Veda, trickling through from the teachings of the old Brahmins.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
Vâch, the goddess of speech, her verses quoted from the Rig-Veda, 88 note.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
In the Rig-Veda and the Vedas generally they are transparent.
From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Edgar Saltus
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