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The fifth Mandala of the Rigveda
Rigveda

The Rigveda is an ancient Indian subcontinent sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the Rigvedic deities . It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas....
 has 87 hymns. Most hymns in this book are attributed to the family. The mandala is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda.

The hymns are dedicated mainly to Agni
Agni

Agni is a Hindu and Rigvedic deities. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian ????? , Polish "ogien," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h1?gni-....
 and Indra
Indra

Indra is the god of War and Weather, also the King of the gods or Deva and Lord of Heaven or Swarga in Hinduism. Mentioned first as the chief deity in the sacred Hindu text of Rig Veda, Indra is bestowed with a heroic and almost brash and amorous character....
, the Visvadevas, the Maruts
Maruts

In Hinduism the Maruts , also known as the Marutgana and the Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Diti and attendants of Indra....
, the twin-deity Mitra-Varuna
Mitra-Varuna

Mitra and Varuna are two deities frequently referred to in the ancient Indian scripture of the Rigveda. They are both considered Adityas, or deities connected with the Sun; and they are protectors of the righteous order of rta....
 and the Asvins. Two hymns each are dedicated to Ushas
Ushas

Ushas , Sanskrit for "dawn", is a Vedic deity, and consequently a Hindu deities 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 golden chariot on her path across the sk...
 (the dawn) and to Savitar
Savitar

Savitar may refer to:*Savitar , a supervillain published by DC Comics*Savitar, a character from Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series...
, one each to the Apris
Apris

Apri 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....
, Parjanya
Parjanya

Parjanya is the Hindu deity of rain , often identified with Indra, the "Bull " of the Rigveda , but also associated with Varuna as a deity of clouds and as punishing sinners....
 (rain), Prthivi (the Earth) and Varuna
Varuna

In Historical Vedic religion, Varuna or Waruna is a god of the sky, of waters and of the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law and of the underworld....
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The fifth Mandala of the Rigveda
Rigveda

The Rigveda is an ancient Indian subcontinent sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the Rigvedic deities . It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas....
 has 87 hymns. Most hymns in this book are attributed to the family. The mandala is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda.

The hymns are dedicated mainly to Agni
Agni

Agni is a Hindu and Rigvedic deities. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian ????? , Polish "ogien," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h1?gni-....
 and Indra
Indra

Indra is the god of War and Weather, also the King of the gods or Deva and Lord of Heaven or Swarga in Hinduism. Mentioned first as the chief deity in the sacred Hindu text of Rig Veda, Indra is bestowed with a heroic and almost brash and amorous character....
, the Visvadevas, the Maruts
Maruts

In Hinduism the Maruts , also known as the Marutgana and the Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Diti and attendants of Indra....
, the twin-deity Mitra-Varuna
Mitra-Varuna

Mitra and Varuna are two deities frequently referred to in the ancient Indian scripture of the Rigveda. They are both considered Adityas, or deities connected with the Sun; and they are protectors of the righteous order of rta....
 and the Asvins. Two hymns each are dedicated to Ushas
Ushas

Ushas , Sanskrit for "dawn", is a Vedic deity, and consequently a Hindu deities 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 golden chariot on her path across the sk...
 (the dawn) and to Savitar
Savitar

Savitar may refer to:*Savitar , a supervillain published by DC Comics*Savitar, a character from Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series...
, one each to the Apris
Apris

Apri 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....
, Parjanya
Parjanya

Parjanya is the Hindu deity of rain , often identified with Indra, the "Bull " of the Rigveda , but also associated with Varuna as a deity of clouds and as punishing sinners....
 (rain), Prthivi (the Earth) and Varuna
Varuna

In Historical Vedic religion, Varuna or Waruna is a god of the sky, of waters and of the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law and of the underworld....
. 5.40 addresses Surya
Surya

In Hinduism, Surya is the chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kasyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pitar . The term "Surya" also refers to the Sun, in general....
 and Atri
Atri

Attri and Atri is the one and same thingIn Hinduism, Attri is a legendary bard and scholar, and a son of Brahma , and one of the Saptarishis in the seventh, i.e the present Manvantara .....
 besides Indra.

List of incipits

The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets 5.1 (355) [Agni.] 5.2 (356) [Agni.] 5.3 (357) [Agni.] 5.4 (358) [Agni.] 5.5 (359) [Apris.] 5.6 (360) [Agni.] 5.7 (361) [Agni.] 5.8 (362) [Agni.] 5.9 (363) [Agni.] 5.10 (364) [Agni.] 5.11 (365) [Agni.] 5.12 (366) [Agni.] 5.13 (367) [Agni.] árcantas tva havamahe 5.14 (368) [Agni.] 5.15 (369) [Agni.] prá vedháse kaváye védiyaya 5.16 (370) [Agni.] 5.17 (371) [Agni.] â yajńaír deva mártiya 5.18 (372) [Agni.] 5.19 (373) [Agni.] 5.20 (374) [Agni.] yám agne vajasatama 5.21 (375) [Agni.] 5.22 (376) [Agni.] prá visvasaman atrivád 5.23 (377) [Agni.] ágne sáhantam â bhara 5.24 (378) [Agni.] 5.25 (379) [Agni.] ácha vo agním ávase 5.26 (380) [Agni.] 5.27 (381) [Agni.] ánasvanta sátpatir mamahe me 5.28 (382) [Agni.] sámiddho agnír diví socír asret 5.29 (383) [Agni.] 5.30 (384) [Indra.] 5.31 (385) [Indra.] 5.32 (386) [Indra.] 5.33 (387) [Indra.] máhi mahé taváse didhiye nrn 5.34 (388) [Indra.] ájatasatrum ajára súvarvati 5.35 (389) [Indra.] 5.36 (390) [Indra.] 5.37 (391) [Indra.] sám bhanúna yatate sűriyasya 5.38 (392) [Indra.] 5.39 (393) [Indra.] yád indra citra mehána 5.40 (394) [Indra. Surya. Atri.] 5.41 (395) [Visvedevas.] 5.42 (396) [Visvedevas.] 5.43 (397) [Visvedevas.] 5.44 (398) [Visvedevas.] tám pratnátha purvátha visváthemátha 5.45 (399) [Visvedevas.] 5.46 (400) [Visvedevas.] 5.47 (401) [Visvedevas.] 5.48 (402) [Visvedevas.] kád u priyâya dhâmane manamahe 5.49 (403) [Visvedevas.] 5.50 (404) [Visvedevas.] vísvo devásya nayitúr 5.51 (405) [Visvedevas.] ágne sutásya pitáye 5.52 (406) [Maruts.] 5.53 (407) [Maruts.] 5.54 (408) [Maruts.] prá sárdhaya mârutaya svábhanava 5.55 (409) [Maruts.] 5.56 (410) [Maruts.] 5.57 (411) [Maruts.] 5.58 (412) [Maruts.] 5.59 (413) [Maruts.] 5.60 (414) [Maruts.] 5.61 (415) [Maruts.] 5.62 (416) [Mitra-Varuna.] 5.63 (417) [Mitra-Varuna.] 5.64 (418) [Mitra-Varuna.] 5.65 (419) [Mitra-Varuna.] yás cikéta sá sukrátur 5.66 (420) [Mitra-Varuna.] â cikitana sukrátu 5.67 (421) [Mitra-Varuna.] 5.68 (422) [Mitra-Varuna.] prá vo mitrâya gayata 5.69 (423) [Mitra-Varuna.] 5.70 (424) [Mitra-Varuna.] 5.71 (425) [Mitra-Varuna.] 5.72 (426) [Mitra-Varuna.] 5.73 (427) [Asvins.] 5.74 (428) [Asvins.] 5.75 (429) [Asvins.] 5.76 (430) [Asvins.] 5.77 (431) [Asvins.] 5.78 (432) [Asvins.] 5.79 (433) [Dawn.] mahé no adyá bodhaya 5.80 (434) [Dawn.] 5.81 (435) [Savitar.] yuńjáte mána utá yuńjate dhíyo 5.82 (436) [Savitar.] 5.83 (437) [Parjanya.] 5.84 (438) [Prthivi.] 5.85 (439) [Varuna.] 5.86 (440) [Indra-Agni.] índragni yám ávatha 5.87 (441) [Maruts.]