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- proper noun An ancient
Indian sacred collection ofVedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods (devas ), composed between 1700–1100 BCE.
Etymologies
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Panis, completely fascinatingly, are demons in the Rigveda, which is a part of the sacred collection of Vedas, and an element of Hindu prayers.
Archive 2008-09-01 Jes 2008
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Panis, completely fascinatingly, are demons in the Rigveda, which is a part of the sacred collection of Vedas, and an element of Hindu prayers.
Spiritual spam Jes 2008
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In ancient India the sacred Rigveda was transmitted verbatim long before it was ever written down.
Primary sources 2008
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Though the recipe and ingredients for it have been lost, ethnomycologists and artists alike have been interpreting its origin through ancient manuscripts - from such sources as the verses of the Rigveda, an ancient North Indian text from the 2nd millennium BCE: 'We have drunk of the soma; we have become immortal, we have seen the light; we have found the Gods.'
Kiša Lala: ANIMALISTIC ART: Carsten Höller's Reindeers on Mushrooms Kiša Lala 2010
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Though the recipe and ingredients for it have been lost, ethnomycologists and artists alike have been interpreting its origin through ancient manuscripts - from such sources as the verses of the Rigveda, an ancient North Indian text from the 2nd millennium BCE: 'We have drunk of the soma; we have become immortal, we have seen the light; we have found the Gods.'
Kiša Lala: ANIMALISTIC ART: Carsten Höller's Reindeers on Mushrooms Kiša Lala 2010
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In ancient India the sacred Rigveda was transmitted verbatim long before it was ever written down.
Primary sources 2008
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Practiced in different parts of India, the worship of the sun has been described in the Rigveda.
Archive 2009-10-01 photographerno1 2009
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Practiced in different parts of India, the worship of the sun has been described in the Rigveda.
Archive 2009-10-01 photographerno1 2009
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May 20, 2009 at 5:29 am fanks hissy, is a verse frum deh Rigveda which I has adapted a bit.
I’m not blocking the view – - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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The first mention of the Aryan Race is in Rigveda and Avesthan texts.
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