It is one of the four parts of Vedas and has hymns about origin of the world, praising the gods, and ancient prayers for life, prosperity, etc.
Athesim or Irreligion in ancient hinduism (dharma) was proposed by Brihaspati, the guru of devas. Vedas included this path of materialism as one of the ways of life. When vedas were segregated by Vyasa, these principals known … Read more
Rig Veda [10.10] has a conversation where Consanguineous Relationship and invention of night, first death are discussed by Yama and his twin sister Yami. Yama and Yami were children of Vivasvat (an aspect of Surya, the Sun … Read more
There are many myths across many cultures about how eclipses occur. In Rigveda (5-40-5 to 9), seer Atri explained scientifically why eclipse occurs. Puranas have described the story of Rahu, Ketu (North Node and South Node of … Read more
There has been multiple misinterpretations and wrong translations of Vedic hymns into english and other languages, where they though Earth was flat. But Roundness of Earth, Centrifugal and Centripetal we can find about Forces between Sun and … Read more
Nasadiya Sukta ( meaning : “not the non-existent”) also known as the Hymn of Creation is the 129th hymn of the 10th Mandala of the Rigveda (10:129). This hymn has attracted a large body of literature of … Read more
Today India is the largest democratic nation in terms of population. But history and ancient literature suggest that demcoracy and republic ideas were implemented ever since the ‘Age of Vedas‘ and even before. The present westminister style … Read more