ID: 901001863 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001863	Record Type: Literature

	Rigveda (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE)

Note: The oldest of the sacred books of Hinduism, composed in an ancient form of Sanskrit about 1500 BCE, in what is now the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. It consists of a collection of 1,028 poems grouped into 10 “circles” (mandalas). It is generally agreed that the first and last books were created later than the middle books. The Rigveda was preserved orally before it was written down in an ancient form of Sanskrit about 300 BCE.

Display Date: composed ca. 1500 BCE

Names:

	Rigveda (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Ṛg-Vēda (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE) (English)
	Ṛg Veda (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE) (undetermined,U,N)
	Ṛgveda (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE) (undetermined,U,N)
	ऋग्वेद (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE) (Sanskrit-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............Rigveda (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is source for .... Dyaus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Dyaus (Hindu deity)) [901001855]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... sacred text
	.....(documents by function, document genres, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Hindu
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	originated in .... India
	.....(Asia) (TGN)

	language is .... Sanskrit (language)
	.....(temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems, languages and writing systems by specific type, languages and writing systems, language-related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Rigveda (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE)
	................British Library [online] (2000-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ṛg-Vēda (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE)
	................Burnett, Hindu Gods and Heroes (1922)
	Ṛg Veda (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ṛgveda (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	ऋग्वेद (sacred text, Hindu, ca. 1500 BCE)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ British Library [online] (2000-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda#/media/File:Rigveda_MS2097.jpg