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The Oldest Śruti · 1,027 Sūktas · 10 Maṇḍalas · Saptarṣi-vāk · Devanāgarī with Vedic svaras (udātta · anudātta · svarita)

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This Ṛgveda master page keeps the maṇḍala index tied to the Catur-Veda hub, landmark sūktas, Sāmaveda-by-reference, Vedānta bridges, Gītā, Bhāgavatam, Bindu, and philosophy.

/rigvedaṚgveda master index and maṇḍala doorway /four-vedasCatur-Veda-Pūrṇatā hub for the live śruti URL graph RV 1.1Agnimīḷe Purohitam · opening mantra of the Ṛgveda RV 3.62Gāyatrī/Sāvitrī source route RV 7.59Mahāmṛtyuñjaya source route RV 10.90Puruṣa-Sūkta · cosmic Puruṣa foundation RV 10.129Nāsadīya-Sūkta · creation-enigma inquiry /atharvavedaAtharvaveda master index · 20 kāṇḍas · 736 sūktas AV 10.7Skambha-Sūkta · cosmic-pillar witness AV 11.4Prāṇa-Sūkta · cosmic-prāṇa witness AV 12.1Pṛthvī/Bhūmi-Sūkta · Mother Earth source route AV 19.6Atharvaveda Puruṣa-Sūkta recension /yajurvedaŚukla-Yajurveda master index · Mādhyandina and Kāṇva recensions YV 16Rudra-Praśna / Śrī-Rudram source route YV 31Yajurveda Puruṣa-Sūkta source route YV 34Śiva-Saṁkalpa-Sūkta source route YV 36Śānti-mantra source route YV 40Īśopaniṣad in the Yajurveda source route /upanishads10 Mukhya Upaniṣads · Vedānta doorway /mahavakyasfour Mahā-vākyas · Upaniṣadic concentrate BG 9.17Krishna as pitā, mātā, dhātā, pitāmaha and ṛk-sāma-yajus BG 10.22vedānāṁ sāmavedo’smi · Sāmaveda honored by Krishna ŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattva /binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bindu reader key /philosophyconstitutional Krishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman foundation

🪷 The 10 Maṇḍalas

Maṇḍala 1 · प्रथम मण्डल

Prathama-Maṇḍala · First Maṇḍala

Opening Maṇḍala · 191 Sūktas · diverse · the famous Agnimīḷe (1.1) opening · Indra-Vṛtra (1.32) · Asya Vāmasya (1.164 · the 52-verse "long thought") · Saptarṣi-stuti

191 Sūktas · Multiple ṛṣis · Madhuchhandā Vaiśvāmitra opens

Maṇḍala 2 · द्वितीय मण्डल

Dvitīya-Maṇḍala · Second Maṇḍala

Family-Maṇḍala of Gṛtsamada · 43 Sūktas · Agni and Indra hymns · among the oldest core

43 Sūktas · Gṛtsamada-family

Maṇḍala 3 · तृतीय मण्डल

Tṛtīya-Maṇḍala · Third Maṇḍala

Family-Maṇḍala of Maharṣi Viśvāmitra · 62 Sūktas · **contains the Gāyatrī Mantra** (RV 3.62.10) — the mahā-mantra of Sūryopāsana

62 Sūktas · Viśvāmitra-family

Maṇḍala 4 · चतुर्थ मण्डल

Caturtha-Maṇḍala · Fourth Maṇḍala

Family-Maṇḍala of Vāmadeva · 58 Sūktas · the Pravargya hymns · ātma-sākṣātkāra of Vāmadeva (4.26-27)

58 Sūktas · Vāmadeva-family

Maṇḍala 5 · पञ्चम मण्डल

Pañcama-Maṇḍala · Fifth Maṇḍala

Family-Maṇḍala of Atri · 87 Sūktas · Atri's rescue of Sūrya (5.40) · the Marut-hymns

87 Sūktas · Atri-family

Maṇḍala 6 · षष्ठ मण्डल

Ṣaṣṭha-Maṇḍala · Sixth Maṇḍala

Family-Maṇḍala of Bharadvāja · 75 Sūktas · Indra-praśasti · the warrior-ṛṣi lineage

75 Sūktas · Bharadvāja-family

Maṇḍala 7 · सप्तम मण्डल

Saptama-Maṇḍala · Seventh Maṇḍala

Family-Maṇḍala of Maharṣi Vasiṣṭha · 104 Sūktas · **contains the Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra** (RV 7.59.12) — Tryambakaṁ yajāmahe

104 Sūktas · Vasiṣṭha-family

Maṇḍala 8 · अष्टम मण्डल

Aṣṭama-Maṇḍala · Eighth Maṇḍala

Mixed-family Maṇḍala · 103 Sūktas · the Vālakhilya hymns (8.49-8.59) · Indra-Aśvinā stutis

102 Sūktas · Kāṇva + Āṅgirasa families

Maṇḍala 9 · नवम मण्डल

Navama-Maṇḍala · Ninth Maṇḍala

Soma-Pavamāna Maṇḍala · 114 Sūktas · EVERY hymn is addressed to Soma-Pavamāna · the most homogeneous Maṇḍala · the Soma-yajña core

114 Sūktas · Multi-ṛṣi · ALL Soma-Pavamāna

Maṇḍala 10 · दशम मण्डल

Daśama-Maṇḍala · Tenth Maṇḍala

The crown of the Ṛgveda · 191 Sūktas · **Puruṣa-Sūkta** (10.90 · the cosmic Puruṣa) · **Nāsadīya-Sūkta** (10.129 · the creation-enigma) · **Hiraṇyagarbha-Sūkta** (10.121) · **Sūryā-Sūkta** (10.85 · marriage) · Yama-Yamī (10.10) · the deepest philosophical hymns

191 Sūktas · Multiple ṛṣis · latest stratum

🪷 Landmark Sūktas (the Famous Hymns)

⭐ RV 1.1 · अग्निमीळे पुरोहितम् · Agnimīḷe Purohitam (The Opening Hymn) — The very first hymn of the Ṛgveda · Madhuchhandā Vaiśvāmitra to Agni · Gāyatrī chandas · the seminal opening of all śruti
⭐ RV 1.32 · इन्द्र-वृत्र · Indra-Vṛtra (The Indra-Vṛtra Hymn) — Indra slays Vṛtra · releases the waters · the foundational dharma-vs-adharma cosmogony
⭐ RV 1.164 · अस्य वामस्य · Asya Vāmasya (The Long-Thought Hymn) — 52 verses of Dīrghatamas's deepest philosophical inquiry · "एकं सद्विप्रा बहुधा वदन्ति" (1.164.46) · "Truth is one · the wise call It by many names" · the seed of Vedānta
⭐ RV 3.62 · गायत्री मन्त्र · Gāyatrī Mantra (The Gāyatrī (verse 10)) — RV 3.62.10 · Viśvāmitra-darśana · the supreme Sūrya-Sāvitṛ mantra · "तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्" · the heart of all Sandhyā
⭐ RV 7.59 · महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र · Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra (The Death-Conquering (v.12)) — RV 7.59.12 · Vasiṣṭha-darśana · "त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे" · the supreme Mṛtyuñjaya for liberation from mortality · sung in all Shaivite traditions
⭐ RV 10.10 · यम-यमी संवाद · Yama-Yamī-Saṁvāda (Yama and Yamī Dialogue) — The first death-philosophical dialogue · Yama refusing Yamī · the foundational ethics of dharmic restraint
⭐ RV 10.85 · सूर्या-सूक्त · Sūryā-Sūkta (The Wedding Hymn) — The Vedic marriage hymn · Sūryā's wedding to Soma · 47 verses that ground all Vedic vivāha-saṁskāra ritual
⭐ RV 10.90 · पुरुष-सूक्त · Puruṣa-Sūkta (The Cosmic Puruṣa) — 16 verses on the Cosmic Puruṣa · the foundation of Vedānta's Puruṣa-Prakṛti darśana · "सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः" · also recited in Yajurveda 31 and Atharvaveda 19.6
⭐ RV 10.121 · हिरण्यगर्भ-सूक्त · Hiraṇyagarbha-Sūkta (The Golden Embryo) — 10 verses on the cosmic origin · "कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम" · the seed of Saguṇa-Brahman darśana
⭐ RV 10.129 · नासदीय-सूक्त · Nāsadīya-Sūkta (The Creation Hymn) — The famous "Was there being? Was there non-being?" hymn · 7 verses of the deepest cosmological enigma · the original "neti neti" inquiry

🪷 The Honest Framing

These Ṛgveda pages render the canonical Devanāgarī Sanskrit yathārtha · with full Vedic svaras (udātta · anudātta · svarita) preserved as in the unbroken oral parampāra. Sāyaṇa-bhāṣya (the foundational classical Sanskrit commentary) · Wilson/Griffith/Jamison-Brereton English translations · and modern academic Hindi tīkās are catalogued for future yajñas as source-data is curated. The Veda begins with the mantra-vāk in its received form.

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