The
third Mandala of the
RigvedaThe Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas...
has 62 hymns, mainly to
AgniAgni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian огонь , Polish "ogień," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h₁égni-. Agni has three forms: fire, lightning and the sun...
and
Indra' is the King of the gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology, and also he is the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall....
. It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda. Most hymns in this book are attributed to
The third Mandala of the RigvedaThe Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas...
has 62 hymns, mainly to AgniAgni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian огонь , Polish "ogień," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h₁égni-. Agni has three forms: fire, lightning and the sun...
and Indra' is the King of the gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology, and also he is the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall....
. It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda. Most hymns in this book are attributed to
The third Mandala of the RigvedaThe Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas...
has 62 hymns, mainly to AgniAgni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian огонь , Polish "ogień," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h₁égni-. Agni has three forms: fire, lightning and the sun...
and Indra' is the King of the gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology, and also he is the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall....
.
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The
third Mandala of the
RigvedaThe Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas...
has 62 hymns, mainly to
AgniAgni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian огонь , Polish "ogień," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h₁égni-. Agni has three forms: fire, lightning and the sun...
and
Indra' is the King of the gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology, and also he is the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall....
. It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda. Most hymns in this book are attributed to
The third Mandala of the RigvedaThe Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas...
has 62 hymns, mainly to AgniAgni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian огонь , Polish "ogień," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h₁égni-. Agni has three forms: fire, lightning and the sun...
and Indra' is the King of the gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology, and also he is the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall....
. It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda. Most hymns in this book are attributed to
The third Mandala of the RigvedaThe Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas...
has 62 hymns, mainly to AgniAgni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian огонь , Polish "ogień," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h₁égni-. Agni has three forms: fire, lightning and the sun...
and Indra' is the King of the gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology, and also he is the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall....
. It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda. Most hymns in this book are attributed to {{IAST
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as the Gayatri MantraThe Gayatri Mantra is a highly revered Sanskrit mantra with origins in the Vedas. It is a verse in the vedic Gayatri metre , consting of 24 syllables, taken from a hymn of the Rigveda . Its recitation is always preceded by and the formula , known as the ...
.
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n tribe which most scholars have placed in Bihar (MagadhaMagadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas or regions in ancient India. The core of the kingdom was the area of Bihar south of the Ganges; its first capital was Rajagaha then Pataliputra...
).
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The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets
3.1 (235) [ AgniAgni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian огонь , Polish "ogień," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h₁égni-. Agni has three forms: fire, lightning and the sun...
.] {{IAST|sómasya mā tavásaṃ vákṣi agne}}
3.2 (236) [Agni.] {{IAST|vaiśvānarâya dhiṣáṇām ṛtāvŕdhe}}
3.3 (237) [Agni.] {{IAST|vaiśvānarâya pṛthupâjase vípo}}
3.4 (238) [ AprisApri in Sanskrit means "conciliation, propitiation" and refers to special invocations spoken previous to the offering of oblations. RV 1.13 is known as the Apri-hymn of the Kanvas, and Sayana in the context of this hymn enumerates twelve Apris propitiating twelve deities, also known as Apris...
.] {{IAST|samít-samit sumánā bodhi asmé}}
3.5 (239) [Agni.] {{IAST|práti agnír uṣásaś cékitāno}}
3.6 (240) [Agni.] {{IAST|prá kāravo mananâ vacyámānā}}
3.7 (241) [Agni.] {{IAST|prá yá ārúḥ śitipṛṣṭhásya dhāsér}}
3.8 (242) [Sacrificial Post.] {{IAST|añjánti tvâm adhvaré devayánto}}
3.9 (243) [Agni.] {{IAST|sákhāyas tvā vavṛmahe}}
3.10 (244) [Agni.] {{IAST|tuvâm agne manīṣíṇaḥ}}
3.11 (245) [Agni.] {{IAST|agnír hótā puróhito}}
3.12 (246) [ Indra' is the King of the gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology, and also he is the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall....
-Agni.] {{IAST|índrāgnī â gataṃ sutáṃ}}
3.13 (247) [Agni.] {{IAST|prá vo devâya agnáye}}
3.14 (248) [Agni.] {{IAST|â hótā mandró vidáthāni asthāt}}
3.15 (249) [Agni.] {{IAST|ví pâjasā pṛthúnā śóśucāno}}
3.16 (250) [Agni.] {{IAST|ayám agníḥ suvîryasya}}
3.17 (251) [Agni.] {{IAST|samidhyámānaḥ prathamânu dhármā}}
3.18 (252) [Agni.] {{IAST|bhávā no agne sumánā úpetau}}
3.19 (253) [Agni.] {{IAST|agníṃ hótāram prá vṛṇe miyédhe}}
3.20 (254) [Agni.] {{IAST|agním uṣásam aśvínā dadhikrâṃ}}
3.21 (255) [Agni.] {{IAST|imáṃ no yajñám amŕteṣu dhehi}}
3.22 (256) [Agni.] {{IAST|ayáṃ só agnír yásmin sómam índraḥ}}
3.23 (257) [Agni.] {{IAST|nírmathitaḥ súdhita â sadhásthe}}
3.24 (258) [Agni.] ágne sáhasva pŕtanā
3.25 (259) [Agni.] {{IAST|ágne diváḥ sūnúr asi prácetās}}
3.26 (260) [Agni.] {{IAST|vaiśvānarám mánasāgníṃ nicâyiyā}}
3.27 (261) [Agni.] prá vo vâjā abhídyavo
3.28 (262) [Agni.] {{IAST|ágne juṣásva no havíḥ}}
3.29 (263) [Agni.] ástīdám adhimánthanam
3.30 (264) [Indra.] {{IAST|ichánti tvā somiyâsaḥ sákhāyaḥ}}
3.31 (265) [Indra.] {{IAST|śâsad váhnir duhitúr naptíyaṃ gād}}
3.32 (266) [Indra.] {{IAST|índra sómaṃ somapate píbemám}}
3.33 (267) [Indra.] prá párvatānām uśatî upásthād
3.34 (268) [Indra.] {{IAST|índraḥ pūrbhíd âtirad dâsam arkaír}}
3.35 (269) [Indra.] {{IAST|tíṣṭhā hárī rátha â yujyámānā}}
3.36 (270) [Indra.] {{IAST|imâm ū ṣú prábhṛtiṃ sātáye dhāḥ}}
3.37 (271) [Indra.] vârtrahatyāya śávase
3.38 (272) [Indra.] {{IAST|abhí táṣṭeva dīdhayā manīṣâm}}
3.39 (273) [Indra.] {{IAST|índram matír hṛdá â vacyámānā}}
3.40 (274) [Indra.] {{IAST|índra tvā vṛṣabháṃ vayáṃ}}
3.41 (275) [Indra.] â tû na indra madríag
3.42 (276) [Indra.] {{IAST|úpa naḥ sutám â gahi}}
3.43 (277) [Indra.] {{IAST|â yāhi arvâṅ úpa vandhureṣṭhâs}}
3.44 (278) [Indra.] {{IAST|ayáṃ te astu haryatáḥ}}
3.45 (279) [Indra.] â mandraír indra háribhir
3.46 (280) [Indra.] {{IAST|yudhmásya te vṛṣabhásya svarâja}}
3.47 (281) [Indra.] {{IAST|marútvāṁ indra vṛṣabhó ráṇāya}}
3.48 (282) [Indra.] {{IAST|sadyó ha jātó vṛṣabháḥ kanînaḥ}}
3.49 (283) [Indra.] {{IAST|śáṃsā mahâm índaraṃ yásmi * víśvā}}
3.50 (284) [Indra.] {{IAST|índraḥ svâhā pibatu yásya sóma}}
3.51 (285) [Indra.] {{IAST|carṣaṇīdhŕtam maghávānam ukthíyam}}
3.52 (286) [Indra.] {{IAST|dhānâvantaṃ karambhíṇam}}
3.53 (287) [Indra, Parvata, Etc.] {{IAST|índrāparvatā bṛhatâ ráthena}}
3.54 (288) [ VisvedevasThe Visvedevas are the various Vedic gods taken together as a whole. In the Rigveda a number of hymns are addressed to them, including 1.89,3.54-56,4.55,5.41-51,6.49-52,7.34-37, 39, 40, 42, 43,8.27-30, 58, 83...
.] {{IAST|imám mahé vidathíyāya śūṣáṃ}}
3.55 (289) [Visvedevas.] {{IAST|uṣásaḥ pûrvā ádha yád viūṣúr}}
3.56 (290) [Visvedevas.] {{IAST|ná tâ minanti māyíno ná dhîrā}}
3.57 (291) [Visvedevas.] {{IAST|prá me vivikvâṁ avidan manīṣâṃ}}
3.58 (292) [ Asvins.] {{IAST|dhenúḥ pratnásya kâmiyaṃ dúhānā}}
3.59 (293) [ MitraThis article is about the Vedic deity Mitra. For other divinities with related names, see the general article Mitra.Mitra is an important divinity of Indic culture, and the patron divinity of honesty, friendship, contracts and meetings...
.] {{IAST|mitró jánān yātayati bruvāṇó}}
3.60 (294) [ RbhusIn Hinduism, the Ribhus are three semi-divine beings of the Rigveda and the Atharvaveda, Ribhu, Vaja and Vibhvan, called collectively by the name of their leader.They are supposed to dwell in the solar sphere, and are the artists...
.] ihéha vo mánasā bandhútā nara
3.61 (295) [ {{IASTUshas , Sanskrit for "dawn", is a Vedic deity, and consequently a Hindu deity as well.Ushas is an exalted divinity in the Rig Veda, sometimes spoken of in the plural, "the Dawns." She is portrayed as welcoming birds and warding off evil spirits, and as a beautifully adorned young woman riding in a...
.] {{IAST|úṣo vâjena vājini prácetā}}
3.62 (296) [Indra and Others.] {{IAST|imâ u vām bhṛmáyo mányamānā}}