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The fifth Mandala of the
Rigveda The ''Rigveda'' or ''Rig Veda'' ( ', from ' "praise" and ' "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 Vedas. Only one ...
has 87 hymns. Most hymns in this book are attributed to the
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family. The mandala is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda, which were composed in early vedic period(1500-1000 BCE). The hymns are dedicated mainly to
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and
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, the
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, the Maruts, the twin-deity Mitra-Varuna and the Asvins. Two hymns each are dedicated to
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(the dawn) and to
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, one each to the Apris, Parjanya (rain), Prthivi (the Earth) and
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. 5.40 addresses
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and
Atri Atri ( sa, अत्रि) or Attri is a Vedic sage, who is credited with composing numerous hymns to Agni, Indra, and other Vedic deities of Hinduism. Atri is one of the Saptarishi (seven great Vedic sages) in the Hindu tradition, and the on ...
besides Indra.


List of incipits

The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets 5.1 (355) gni. 5.2 (356) gni. 5.3 (357) gni. 5.4 (358) gni. 5.5 (359) pris. 5.6 (360) gni. 5.7 (361) gni. 5.8 (362) gni. 5.9 (363) gni. 5.10 (364) gni. 5.11 (365) gni. 5.12 (366) gni. 5.13 (367) gni. 5.14 (368) gni. 5.15 (369) gni. 5.16 (370) gni. 5.17 (371) gni. 5.18 (372) gni. 5.19 (373) gni. 5.20 (374) gni. 5.21 (375) gni. 5.22 (376) gni. 5.23 (377) gni. 5.24 (378) gni. 5.25 (379) gni. 5.26 (380) gni. 5.27 (381) gni. 5.28 (382) gni. 5.29 (383) gni. 5.30 (384) ndra. 5.31 (385) ndra. 5.32 (386) ndra. 5.33 (387) ndra. 5.34 (388) ndra. 5.35 (389) ndra. 5.36 (390) ndra. 5.37 (391) ndra. 5.38 (392) ndra. 5.39 (393) ndra. 5.40 (394) ndra. Surya. Atri. 5.41 (395) isvedevas. 5.42 (396) isvedevas. 5.43 (397) isvedevas. 5.44 (398) isvedevas. 5.45 (399) isvedevas. 5.46 (400) isvedevas. 5.47 (401) isvedevas. 5.48 (402) isvedevas. 5.49 (403) isvedevas. 5.50 (404) isvedevas. 5.51 (405) isvedevas. 5.52 (406) aruts. 5.53 (407) aruts. 5.54 (408) aruts. 5.55 (409) aruts. 5.56 (410) aruts. 5.57 (411) aruts. 5.58 (412) aruts. 5.59 (413) aruts. 5.60 (414) aruts. 5.61 (415) aruts. 5.62 (416) itra-Varuna. 5.63 (417) itra-Varuna. 5.64 (418) itra-Varuna. 5.65 (419) itra-Varuna. 5.66 (420) itra-Varuna. 5.67 (421) itra-Varuna. 5.68 (422) itra-Varuna. 5.69 (423) itra-Varuna. 5.70 (424) itra-Varuna. 5.71 (425) itra-Varuna. 5.72 (426) itra-Varuna. 5.73 (427) svins. 5.74 (428) svins. 5.75 (429) svins. 5.76 (430) svins. 5.77 (431) svins. 5.78 (432) svins. 5.79 (433) awn. 5.80 (434) awn. 5.81 (435) avitar. 5.82 (436) avitar. 5.83 (437) arjanya. 5.84 (438) rthivi. 5.85 (439) aruna. 5.86 (440) ndra-Agni. 5.87 (441) aruts.


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* – English translation by
Ralph T. H. Griffith Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826–1906) was an English Indologist, a member of the Indian education service and among the first Europeans to translate the Vedas into English. He lived in the UK (Oxford) and in India (Benares and Nilgiris) ...
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