The Vedic heritage embraces a multitude of texts and interpretations collected in four Vedas, commonly referred to as “books of knowledge” even though they have been transmitted orally. The Rig Veda ...

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By 1800 BCE, the Ghaggar-Hakra River, a river in the region that paralleled the Indus system and that some scholars suggest is the Saraswati, the lost sacred river of Rig Veda, was severely ...

Astronomers examining the Rig Veda, an ancient Hindu text, identified references to a total solar eclipse dating back approximately 6,000 years, making it the oldest known mention of an eclipse.

He looks down upon creation from the highest heaven. Only he knows the answer - or perhaps he does not know." (Rig Veda 10:129.1–7) ...

And, according to the Rig Veda, one of our holy books, marriage is for life. Muslim Many Muslims get married because that's what the Prophet Muhammad (sala Allahu alayhi wasalam), did and we want ...

“Even from the very first, from the Rig Veda where the famous Nasadiya verse occurs in book 10… going back to 1500 BC, the ...

Subsequently, shrines dedicated to Yakshas, as mentioned in the Rig Veda 4.3.13, became common ... is an edited extract from ...

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