Mandala 9
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The ninth Mandala of the Rigveda
Rigveda
The Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns...

, also called the Soma Mandala, has 114 hymns, entirely devoted to , "Purifying Soma
Soma
Soma , or Haoma , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma-, was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, whose Soma Mandala contains 114 hymns, many praising its energizing qualities...

", the sacred potion of the Vedic religion
Historical Vedic religion
The religion of the Vedic period is a historical predecessor of Hinduism. Its liturgy is reflected in the mantra portion of the four Vedas, which are compiled in Sanskrit. The religious practices centered on a clergy administering rites...

.
Similar to RV 8, it cannot be dated within the relative chronology of the Rigveda as a whole; dealing with the Soma cult, a practice reaching back into Proto-Indo-Iranian times (late 3rd millennium BC
3rd millennium BC
The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age.It represents a period of time in which imperialism, or the desire to conquer, grew to prominence, in the city states of the Middle East, but also throughout Eurasia, with Indo-European expansion to Anatolia, Europe and Central Asia. The...

), some of its hymns may contain the very oldest parts of the Rigveda, while other hymns may be rather recent relative to the other books. As with book 8, each hymn should be studied independently, since the Soma Mandala was not compiled by the redactors in its preserved form on grounds of authorship or clan affiliation, but topically, grouping the Soma hymns.

List of incipits

9.1 (713)
9.2 (714)
9.3 (715)
9.4 (716)
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9.6 (718)
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9.8 (720)
9.9 (721)
9.10 (722)
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9.18 (730)
9.19 (731)
9.20 (732)
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9.25 (737)
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9.28 (740)
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9.31 (743)
9.32 (744)
9.33 (745)
9.34 (746) [Some Pavamana.]
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9.57 (769)
9.58 (770)
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9.61 (773)
9.62 (774)
9.63 (775) [Soma Pavanana.]
9.64 (776)
9.65 (777)
9.66 (778)
9.67 (779) [Soma and Others.]
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9.107 (819)
9.108 (820)
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9.112 (824)
9.113 (825)
9.114 (826)
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