Linked from

The 53 pages that link to Rigveda, each with the reason it gives.

• SanskritBroader topic: Its hymns preserve some of the earliest attested Sanskrit.

• VedasBroader topic: Its hymns are the earliest and largest collection within the four Vedas.

• SamsaraBroader topic: Its early funerary hymns provide context for later doctrines of rebirth, though they do not present samsara fully.

• DharmaBroader topic: Its hymns provide early contexts for ideas of cosmic and ritual order.

• Sanskrit literatureBroader topic: Its hymns are among the earliest surviving compositions in the tradition.

• Vedic SanskritBroader topic: Its hymns provide the largest and oldest body of Vedic Sanskrit.

• CosmogonyBroader topic: The Nasadiya Sukta leaves the origin of the cosmos strikingly uncertain.

• Indo-Iranian languagesBroader topic: Its language preserves early evidence for the Indo-Aryan branch.

• Vedic periodBroader topic: Its hymns are the principal textual evidence for the early Vedic period.

• MayaBroader topic: Early Vedic uses of Maya include the skill or wondrous power of gods, not simply illusion.

• YajnaBroader topic: Its hymns preserve early invocations and descriptions associated with sacrificial worship.

• CreationBroader topic: Its Nasadiya Sukta leaves the universe's beginning strikingly uncertain.

• ŚrutiBroader topic: Its hymns exemplify the early poetic material preserved as śruti.

• Max MüllerBroader topic: Müller’s edition and translation of this collection became central to his reputation.

• Vedic chantBroader topic: Its hymns are among the central texts preserved through Vedic recitation.

• Indo-Aryan peoplesBroader topic: Its hymns preserve early Indo-Aryan speech and religious traditions.

• BrahmanismBroader topic: Its hymns preserve an early picture of the gods, poets, and offerings behind Brahmanism.

• Historical Vedic religionBroader topic: Its hymns offer the richest early textual evidence for Vedic gods and ritual praise.

• Indian literatureBroader topic: Its hymns are a foundational example of orally transmitted literary composition.

• History of poetryBroader topic: Its preservation demonstrates the antiquity and precision of oral poetic transmission.