Mandala 5
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The fifth Mandala of the Rigveda
Rigveda
The Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns...

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 deity, one of the most important of the Vedic gods. He is the god of fire and the acceptor of sacrifices. The sacrifices made to Agni go to the deities because Agni is a messenger from and to the other gods...

 and Indra
Indra
' or is the King of the demi-gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology. He is also the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall.Indra is one of the chief deities in the Rigveda...

, the Visvadevas, the Maruts
Maruts
In Hinduism the Marutas , also known as the Marutagana and sometimes identified with Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Diti and attendants of Indra. The number of Maruts varies from two to sixty . They are very violent and aggressive, described as armed with golden weapons i.e...

, 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 deity as well.Sanskrit is an s-stem, i.e. the genitive case is . It is from PIE , cognate to Greek Eos and Latin Aurora....

 (the dawn) and to Savitar
Savitar
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, 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, according to the 1965 Sanskrit–English dictionary by Shri Vaman Shivram Apte gives the following meanings:* Rain-cloud, thunder cloud, a cloud in general* Rain...

 (rain), Prthivi (the Earth) and Varuna
Varuna
In Vedic religion, Varuna is a god of the sky, of water and of the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law and of the underworld...

. 5.40 addresses Surya
Surya
Surya Suraya or Phra Athit is the chief solar deity in Hinduism, 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. Surya has hair and arms of gold...

 and Atri
Atri
This article is about the sage named Attri. See also the gotra named Atri. For the Italian city, see Atri, AbruzzoIn Hinduism, Attri or Atri is a legendary bard and scholar and was one of 9 Prajapatis, and a son of Brahma, said to be ancestor of some Brahmin, Prajapatis, kshatriya and Vaishya...

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 tvā havāmahe
5.14 (368) [Agni.]
5.15 (369) [Agni.] prá vedháse kaváye védiyāya
5.16 (370) [Agni.]
5.17 (371) [Agni.] â yajñaír deva mártiya
5.18 (372) [Agni.]
5.19 (373) [Agni.]
5.20 (374) [Agni.] yám agne vājasātama
5.21 (375) [Agni.]
5.22 (376) [Agni.] prá viśvasāman atrivád
5.23 (377) [Agni.] ágne sáhantam â bhara
5.24 (378) [Agni.]
5.25 (379) [Agni.] áchā vo agním ávase
5.26 (380) [Agni.]
5.27 (381) [Agni.] ánasvantā sátpatir māmahe me
5.28 (382) [Agni.] sámiddho agnír diví śocír aśret
5.29 (383) [Agni.]
5.30 (384) [Indra.]
5.31 (385) [Indra.]
5.32 (386) [Indra.]
5.33 (387) [Indra.] máhi mahé taváse dīdhiye nřn
5.34 (388) [Indra.] ájātaśatrum ajárā súvarvatī
5.35 (389) [Indra.]
5.36 (390) [Indra.]
5.37 (391) [Indra.] sám bhānúnā yatate sûriyasya
5.38 (392) [Indra.]
5.39 (393) [Indra.] yád indra citra mehánā
5.40 (394) [Indra. Surya. Atri.]
5.41 (395) [Visvedevas.]
5.42 (396) [Visvedevas.]
5.43 (397) [Visvedevas.]
5.44 (398) [Visvedevas.] tám pratnáthā pūrváthā viśváthemáthā
5.45 (399) [Visvedevas.]
5.46 (400) [Visvedevas.]
5.47 (401) [Visvedevas.]
5.48 (402) [Visvedevas.] kád u priyâya dhâmane manāmahe
5.49 (403) [Visvedevas.]
5.50 (404) [Visvedevas.] víśvo devásya nayitúr
5.51 (405) [Visvedevas.] ágne sutásya pītáye
5.52 (406) [Maruts.]
5.53 (407) [Maruts.]
5.54 (408) [Maruts.] prá śárdhāya mârutāya svábhānava
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.] yáś cikéta sá sukrátur
5.66 (420) [Mitra-Varuna.] â cikitāna sukrátū
5.67 (421) [Mitra-Varuna.]
5.68 (422) [Mitra-Varuna.] prá vo mitrâya gāyata
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.] yuñjáte mána utá yuñjate dhíyo
5.82 (436) [Savitar.]
5.83 (437) [Parjanya.]
5.84 (438) [Prthivi.]
5.85 (439) [Varuna.]
5.86 (440) [Indra-Agni.] índrāgnī yám ávatha
5.87 (441) [Maruts.]
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