Asko Parpola argues that the Rigveda was systematized around 1000В BCE, at the time of the Kuru kingdom. According to Michael Witzel, the codification of the Rigveda took place at the end of the Rigvedic period between ca. Its composition is usually dated to roughly between c. The Rigveda's core is accepted to date to the late Bronze Age, making it one of the few examples with an unbroken tradition. Other evidence also points to a composition close to 1400В BCE. 1450вЂ“1350В BCE), which also mention the Vedic gods such as Varuna, Mitra and Indra. A reasonable date close to that of the composition of the core of the Rigveda is that of the Mitanni documents of northern Syria and Iraq (c. Being composed in an early Indo-Aryan language, the hymns must post-date the Indo-Iranian separation, dated to roughly 2000В BCE. Philological estimates tend to date the bulk of the text to the second half of the second millennium. The dating proposals so far are all inferred from the style and the content within the hymns themselves. Dating ДЄccording to Jamison and Brereton, in their 2014 translation of the Rigveda, the dating of this text 'has been and is likely to remain a matter of contention and reconsideration'. ДЄ map of tribes and rivers mentioned in the Rigveda. Some of its verses continue to be recited during Hindu rites of passage celebrations (such as weddings) and prayers, making it probably the world's oldest religious text in continued use.

The more recent books (Books 1 and 10) in part also deal with philosophical or speculative questions, virtues such as dДЃna (charity) in society, questions about the origin of the universe and the nature of the divine, and other metaphysical issues in their hymns. In the eight booksВ вЂ“ Books 2 through 9В вЂ“ that were composed the earliest, the hymns predominantly discuss cosmology, rites, rituals and praise deities. The Rigveda Samhita is the core text, and is a collection of 10 books ( maб№‡бёЌalas) with 1,028 hymns ( sЕ«ktas) in about 10,600 verses (called б№›c, eponymous of the name Rigveda). The text is layered consisting of the Samhita, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads. 15В BCE, although a wider approximation of c. The philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the bulk of the Rigveda Samhita was composed in the northwestern region (see Rigvedic rivers) of the Indian subcontinent, most likely between c. The sounds and texts of the Rigveda have been orally transmitted since the 2nd millennium BCE. Its early layers are one of the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language. The Rigveda is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text. It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts ( Е›ruti) known as the Vedas. The Rigveda or Rig Veda ( Sanskrit: а¤‹а¤—аҐЌа¤µаҐ‡а¤¦ б№›gveda, from б№›c 'praise' and veda 'knowledge') is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns ( suktas). The pitch-accent is marked by underscores and vertical overscores in red. After a scribal benediction ( Е›rД«gaб№‡Г©Е›ДЃyanamaбёҐ Au3m), the first line has the first pada, RV 1.1.1a ( agniб№ѓ iбё·e puraбёҐ-hitaб№ѓ yajГ±asya devaб№ѓ б№›tvijaб№ѓ). Trumpet that the Rig Veda is not a Hindu Scripture.Rigveda ( padapatha) manuscript in Devanagari, early 19th century. Prove that Sanskrit is not of Indian Origin. Now that the Aryan Invasion theory has been proved to be a Myth, the West has taken a new route.ДЄttack from the Language front, Sanskrit.

Sanskrit losing its sheen in India, save by the Brahmin community, especially from Pune and the local Indian Languages giving way to way to English, rather more to corrupted language like Hinglish,Gujliish,Tanglish. In the process Hindu cultural degradation started and is well on its way. They imposed English, simultaneously ensures that Indians lost respect for their Languages, Sanskrit and the local mother tongue.Д¬ontrary to what they expected the Hindus mastered English better, even better than the British and have advanced, thanks to the British. So the Britishers floated the Theory of Aryan Invasion, encouraged linguistic tendencies and adopted a Policy of Divide and Rule. Macaulay made his intentions clear in his address to the British Parliament, when he observed that it is the Hindu Culture, Religion and Sanskrit were the impediments to the advancement of BritainвЂ™s interests in India. Not content with dividing India on the basis of Aryan Invasion theory, there is an attempt by the West to denigrate and destroy The Hindu Identity by destroying its roots, Sanskrit and The Vedas.

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