Mandala 2

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Template:Short description The second Mandala of the Rigveda has 43 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra chiefly attributed to the Rishi Script error: No such module "lang".. 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).[1]

Witzel (1995) on the basis of internal evidence suggested that the second Mandala contains the oldest hymns of the Rigveda.[2]

List of incipits

The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets

2.1 (192) [ Agni.] Script error: No such module "lang"..
2.2 (193) [Agni.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.3 (194) [ Apris.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.4 (195) [Agni.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.5 (196) [Agni.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.6 (197) [Agni.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.7 (198) [Agni.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.8 (199) [Agni.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.9 (200) [Agni.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.10 (201) [Agni.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.11 (202) [ Indra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.12 (203) [Indra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.13 (204) [Indra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.14 (205) [Indra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.15 (206) [Indra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.16 (207) [Indra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.17 (208) [Indra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.18 (209) [Indra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.19 (210) [Indra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.20 (211) [ Asvins.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.21 (212) Script error: No such module "lang".
2.22 (213) [Indra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.23 (214) [ Brahmanaspati.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.24 (215) [Brahmanaspati.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.25 (216) [Brahmanaspati.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.26 (217) [Brahmanaspati.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.27 (218) [ Adityas.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.28 (219) [ Varuna.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.29 (220) [ Visvedevas.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.30 (221) [Indra and Others.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.31 (222) [Visvedevas.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.32 (223) [Various Deities.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.33 (224) [ Rudra.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.34 (225) [ Maruts.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.35 (226) [ Son of Waters.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.36 (227) [Various Gods.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.37 (228) [Various Gods.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.38 (229) [ Savitar.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.39 (230) Script error: No such module "lang".
2.40 (231) [ Soma and Pusan.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.41 (232) [Various Deities.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.42 (233) [ Kapinjala.] Script error: No such module "lang".
2.43 (234) [Kapinjala.] Script error: No such module "lang".

References

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  1. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  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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External links

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