An aged volume of the Ṛgveda resting on manuscript leaves beside a river valley at dawn.

Śruti · Ṛgveda · Śākala Śākhā

ऋग्वेदṚgveda

Maṇḍalas
10
Sūktas
1,028
Mantras
10,000+

A foundational Vedic Saṃhitā of hymns associated with many ṛṣis and ṛṣikās, exploring offering, nature, sacred speech, cosmic order, human aspiration, and the mystery of existence.

Understand the text

About the Ṛgveda

ReadListenWatch OverviewA first orientationReadListen HistoryChronology and transmissionReadWatch Ṛṣis & LineagesSeers and family traditionsReadListenWatch PreservationSound, memory and śākhāReadListen CommentatorsBhāṣya traditionsRead TranslationsCompare interpretive lensesReadListen FAQCommon questions answeredRead SourcesEditions and provenance

Enter the source

Explore the Ṛgveda

ReadListenWatch FeaturedCurated ways to beginReadListen MaṇḍalasThe ten collectionsReadRecitation SūktasBrowse 1,028 hymnsReadRecitation MantrasEnter the source textReadListen DevatāsAgni, Indra, Soma and moreReadWatch ThemesIdeas across the hymnsReadListen BhāṣyaTraditional commentaryListenRecitation RecitationHear the living textCourseWatch StudyGuided learning paths

Understand through the disciplines

Ṛgveda and the Vedāṅgas

ReadListenCourse ŚikṣāSound, accent and pronunciationReadListen ChandasThe metres of Vedic speechReadCourse NiruktaWords, meanings and YāskaReadCourse VyākaraṇaLanguage and grammatical analysisReadWatch KalpaRitual procedure and practiceReadWatch JyotiṣaTime, observation and ritual order

Listen and converse

Audio and Podcasts

ListenRecitation Continuous RecitationListen through the textPodcastWatch Scholar ConversationsLong-form discussionsListenPodcast Mantra by MantraSource, meaning and recitationPodcastWatch Oral TraditionVoices of living transmission

From source to life

Ṛgveda in the Living World

ReadWatch Rituals Practised TodayContinuity, context and practiceReadPodcast Ṛta and EcologyOrder, reciprocity and the natural worldReadListen Speech and ResponsibilityVāc in contemporary lifeReadWatch Leadership and SocietyCareful contemporary reflections

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Shorts, Series and Films

SeriesWatch Five Minutes with a MantraA future short-form seriesSeriesWatch Stories of the ṚṣisA future visual seriesSeriesWatch Journey through the MaṇḍalasA future documentary seriesWatch The Living VedaA future feature documentary