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Mandala 2

Second book of the Rigveda

Summary

Second book of the Rigveda

The second Mandala of the Rigveda has 43 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra chiefly attributed to the Rishi . It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda, which were composed in early vedic period (1500-1000 BCE).

Witzel (1995) on the basis of internal evidence suggested that the second Mandala contains the oldest hymns of the Rigveda.

List of incipits

The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets 2.1 (192) [Agni.] . 2.2 (193) [Agni.] 2.3 (194) [Apris.] 2.4 (195) [Agni.] 2.5 (196) [Agni.] 2.6 (197) [Agni.] 2.7 (198) [Agni.] 2.8 (199) [Agni.] 2.9 (200) [Agni.] 2.10 (201) [Agni.] 2.11 (202) [Indra.] 2.12 (203) [Indra.] 2.13 (204) [Indra.] 2.14 (205) [Indra.] 2.15 (206) [Indra.] 2.16 (207) [Indra.] 2.17 (208) [Indra.] 2.18 (209) [Indra.] 2.19 (210) [Indra.] 2.20 (211) [Asvins.] 2.21 (212) 2.22 (213) [Indra.] 2.23 (214) [Brahmanaspati.] 2.24 (215) [Brahmanaspati.] 2.25 (216) [Brahmanaspati.] 2.26 (217) [Brahmanaspati.] 2.27 (218) [Adityas.] 2.28 (219) [Varuna.] 2.29 (220) [Visvedevas.] 2.30 (221) [Indra and Others.] 2.31 (222) [Visvedevas.] 2.32 (223) [Various Deities.] 2.33 (224) [Rudra.] 2.34 (225) [Maruts.] 2.35 (226) [Son of Waters.] 2.36 (227) [Various Gods.] 2.37 (228) [Various Gods.] 2.38 (229) [Savitar.] 2.39 (230) 2.40 (231) [Soma and Pusan.] 2.41 (232) [Various Deities.] 2.42 (233) [Kapinjala.] 2.43 (234) [Kapinjala.]

References

References

  1. Dahiya, Poonam Dalal. (2017-09-15). "ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INDIA EBOOK". McGraw-Hill Education.
  2. Michael Witzel, Rgvedic history: poets, chieftains and politics, in: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity. The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia, ed. G. Erdosy, Berlin/New York (de Gruyter) 1995, 307-352; Witzel, "Westward Ho"
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