What is Rigveda?
{{Hindu scriptures}} [[Image:Rigveda MS2097.jpg|thumb|300px|''Rigveda'' (padapatha) manuscript in [[Devanagari]], early 19th century. After a scribal benediction (''{{IAST|[[Ganesha|śrīgaṇéśāya]]namaḥ [[Om|Au3m]]}}''), the first line has the first pada, RV 1.1.1a (''{{IAST|agniṃ iḷe puraḥ-hitaṃ yajñasya devaṃ ṛtvijaṃ}}''). The Vedic accent is marked by underscores and vertical overscores in red.]] '''Rigveda''' is an ancient [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[religion|religious]] book. It is counted as one of the four sacred [[Hindu]] writings, which are called [[Vedas]]. It is one of the oldest writings in [[Sanskrit|Sanskrit language]]. Rigveda is very important to [[Hindus]], Its words are said during [[prayer]]s and religious gatherings. Rig Veda mainly contains various [[hymn]]s for praying to Vedic Gods such as Agni (Fire God), Indra (The lord of Heavens), Mitra, Varuna (Water God), Surya (Sun God) etc. These hymns are called Riks. Hence the Veda is called Rik-Veda or RigVeda. This writing consists of 10 writings. The Rigveda has 1,028 hymns and 10,600 verses. == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.bharatadesam.com/spiritual/rvs/rv_main_index.php A Simple Translation of Hymns from Rig Veda] [[Category:Vedas]]