RIGVEDA

Meaning of RIGVEDA in English

also spelled Rgveda, collection of hymns that forms part of the ancient sacred literature of India known as the Vedas. See Veda.

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RIGVEDA — or Rgveda Oldest religious scripture in the world and most revered of the Veda s, completed by the 12th century …
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RIGVEDA — or Rgveda Oldest religious scripture in the world and most revered of the Veda s, completed by the 12th century …
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RIGVEDA — Ригведа
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VARNA — Any of the four traditional social classes of Hindu India. One of the hymns of the Rigveda declares that the …
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RIG-VEDA — — Rigvedic /rig vay"dik, -vee"-/ , adj. /rig vay"deuh, -vee"deuh/ , n. Hinduism. one of the Vedas, a collection of …
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VARNA — Sanskrit Varna, any one of the four traditional social classes of Hindu India. Although the literal meaning of the word …
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VEDIC CHANT — religious chant of India, the expression of hymns from the Vedas, the ancient scriptures of Hinduism. The practice dates back …
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VEDA — sacred hymn or verse composed in archaic Sanskrit and current among the Indo-European-speaking peoples who entered India from the Iranian …
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BRAHMANA — any of a number of prose commentaries attached to the Vedas, the most ancient Hindu sacred literature, explaining the significance …
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AGNI — (Sanskrit: Fire), fire-god of the Hindus, second only to Indra in the Vedic mythology of ancient India. He is equally …
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RIG-VEDA — n. the oldest and principal of the Hindu Vedas (see VEDA). [Skr. rigveda f. ric praise + veda VEDA]
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RIGVEDA — n. the oldest and principal of the Hindu Vedas (see VEDA). [ Skr. rigveda f. ric praise + veda VEDA …
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RIG-VEDA — n. the oldest and principal of the Hindu Vedas (see VEDA). Etymology: Skr. rigveda f. ric praise + veda VEDA
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VARNA — n. Any of the four traditional social classes of Hindu India. One of the hymns of the Rigveda declares that …
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VEDA-VYASA — [Hindu] He is an incarnation of god Vishnu. He is known as Veda-vyasa as he divided the complex veda-rasi (voluminous …
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РИГВЕДА — Rigveda
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МЮЛЛЕР — (Mller, Friedrich Maximilian) (1823-1900), более известный как Макс Мюллер - немецкий индолог и лингвист, родился в Дессау 6 декабря 1823 …
Русский словарь Colier

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