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Sacred Texts
The Rig Veda
Anonymous Vedic poets; Wendy Doniger (translator)
Selection of hymns from the oldest Veda, with explanatory notes.
Purchase Book- Subject matter
- Vedic hymns; gods; sacrifice; creation
- Culture / tradition
- India; Vedic religion
- Publication / composition
- c. 2nd millennium BCE; composition dates debated
- Edition publication year
- 1981
- Historical figures
- Not specified
- Historical timeframe
- Modern Era (1800 CE–Present) · 1981 CE
No single reliable event period assigned; thematic, mythical, broad or unconfirmed subject. Timeline uses edition publication date 1981; no event timeframe assigned.