HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Rudra
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Marut
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Agni
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Indra
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Detailed explanation-1: - “Let not mortal men (or, let not the slayers) do hurt to us, O Indra who delightest in the mantra; be the lord of our bodies and give us to ward off the stroke.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The Rig Veda consists of 1028 hymns, organised into ten books known as maṇḍalas. Each maṇḍala has sūktas (hymns) formed by individual strophes called ṛc (ric) from which the name Rig Veda.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Rigvedic hymns are dedicated to various deities, chief of whom are Indra, a heroic god praised for having slain his enemy Vrtra; Agni, the sacrificial fire; and Soma, the sacred potion or the plant it is made from.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Rigveda Samhita contains about 10552 Mantras, classified into ten books called Mandalas.