Primary Scriptures
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[BEGINNER] The Rig Veda is the oldest and most important of the four Vedas, the foundational scriptures of Hinduism. Composed in Sanskrit between approximately 1500 and 1200 BCE, it contains 10,552 verses (riks) organized into 10 mandalas (books). The Rig Veda establishes the basic theological framework of Hinduism — the concepts of Agni (fire) as messenger between humans and gods, of Indra as warrior-god who defeats chaos, of Varuna as upholder of cosmic order, and of the supreme principle call