Linked from

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

• Hindu cosmologyNarrower topic: Its hymns include early reflections on cosmic origins and order.

• Purusha SuktaNarrower topic: Purusha Sukta is a hymn within this collection.

• TrimurtiNarrower topic: Its hymns contain early forms of deities later associated with the Trimurti.

• Gayatri MantraNarrower topic: The mantra appears in the Rigveda’s third mandala, within a hymn to Savitr.

• KshatriyaNarrower topic: Its Purusha hymn presents an early account of the four varnas.

• Kuru KingdomNarrower topic: Its earlier hymns provide background for the political world that preceded Kuru prominence.

• ShudraNarrower topic: The Purusha Sukta, an early account of varna, appears in this collection.

• SudasNarrower topic: Sudas is known chiefly through this collection’s hymns.

• VishvamitraNarrower topic: Vishvamitra is traditionally linked to hymns in this ancient collection.

• ChandraNarrower topic: Its hymns establish the early religious setting for Soma, later identified with Chandra.