Question
Download Solution PDFIn the Rigveda, there is a hymn in the form of a dialogue between Sage Vishvamitra and two rivers that were worshipped as goddesses. Which are these rivers?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Beas and Sutlej.
Key Points
- In the Rigveda, there is a hymn in the form of a dialogue between Sage Vishvamitra and two rivers Beas and Sutlej were worshipped as goddesses.
- Some of the hymns in the Rigveda are in the form of dialogues.
- This is part of one such hymn, a dialogue between a sage named Vishvamitra, and two rivers, Beas and Sutlej that were worshipped as goddesses.
Additional Information
- The Rigveda is in old or Vedic Sanskrit.
- The Rigveda was recited and heard rather than read. It was written down several centuries after it was first composed and printed less than 200 years ago.
- The oldest Veda is the Rigveda, composed about 3500 years ago.
- The Rigveda includes more than a thousand hymns, called sukta or “well-said”.
- These hymns are in praise of various gods and goddesses.
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