Rigveda
- a variation of Rig-Veda.
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The Samaveda contains many of the Rigveda hymns but ascribes to those hymns melodies so that they can be chanted.
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More than half of the verses in the Rigveda are devoted to metaphysical speculation concerning cosmological theories and the relationship between the individual and the universe.
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First mentioned in the Rigveda, Yoga is the mental process through which an individual’s soul joins with the supreme soul.
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S. And again: The Sāmaveda, the Rigveda too, The science mathematical, he knew; The arts wherein fair courtezans excel, And all the lore of elephants as well.
From The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika by Ryder, Arthur William
Now the later religious literature of India, the brahmanas or commentaries on the Rigveda and the other later Vedas, contain a variety of legends and a religion by no means free from magic.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan
