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Encyclopedia > Rigvedic dialogue hymns

The Rigveda contains a number of dialogue hymns (saṃvāda-sūktas), hymns that are in the form of dialogues, representing the earliest surviving sample of this genre, and can be argued to be an early precursor of Sanskrit drama. They are found in the youngest part of the Rigveda (RV 1 and RV 10), dating to roughly the 12th to 10th centuries BC, with the exception of the River hymn (RV 3.33), where the rivers answer in reply to Vishvamitra's prayer. The Rigveda (Sanskrit: , a tatpurusha compound of praise, verse and knowledge) is a collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods. ... A dialogue (often spelled dialog[1]) is a reciprocal conversation between two or more Entities. ... Kalidasa and Asvaghosa were the main pioneers of Sanskrit drama. ... The first Mandala (book) of the Rigveda has 191 hymns. ... The tenth Mandala of the Rigveda has 191 hymns, to Agni and other gods. ... The third Mandala of the Rigveda has 62 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra. ...


There are six dialogue hymns, amounting to a total of 61 verses:

In Hinduism, Agastya (अगस्त्य in devanagari, pronounced /ə gəs tyə/) is a legendary Vedic sage or rishi. ... Lopamudra (Sanskrit: लोपमुद्रा) was an ancient Indian female philosopher. ... The verses of the Vedas have a variety of different meters. ... Brahmarishi Viswamitra or Vishwamitra is one of the most venerated sages of Hinduism. ... Rivers play a prominent part in the hymns of the Rigveda, and consequently in early Vedic religion. ... The verses of the Vedas have a variety of different meters. ... Chinese Wood (木) | Fire (火) Earth (土) | Metal (金) | Water (水) Japanese Earth (地) | Water (水) | Fire (火) | Air / Wind (風) | Void / Sky / Heaven (空) Hinduism and Buddhism Vayu / Pavan — Air / Wind Agni / Tejas — Fire Akasha — Aether Prithvi / Bhumi — Earth Ap / Jala — Water Agni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. ... According to Vedas, Pururavas is a mythological entity associated with the Surya (the sun) and Usha (the dawn), and is believed to resided in the middle region of the cosmos. ... Urvasi was an Apsaras in Hindu mythology. ...

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The History of literature begins with the history of writing, in Bronze Age Mesopotamia, although the oldest literary texts that have come down to us date to a full millennium after the invention of writing, to the late 3rd millennium BC. The earliest literary author known by name is Enheduanna...

The Rigveda   (Mandalas: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10)
Deities: (Devas) Agni, Indra, Soma, Ushas | (Asuras) Mitra, Varuna, Vrtra | Visvedevas, Maruts, Ashvins
Rivers: Sapta Sindhu; Nadistuti; Sarasvati, Sindhu, Sarayu, Rasā
Rishis: Saptarishi; Gritsamada, Vishvamitra, Vamadeva, Atri, Angiras, Bharadvaja, Vasishta


 

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