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प्रश्न
Discuss the sources to reconstruct the Early Vedic (Rig Vedic) Past with reference to the following:
Agni, the personification of Sacrificial fire.
उत्तर
Agni, the Vedic god of fire who presides over the earth, has made a transition into the Hindu pantheon of gods, without losing his importance. With Vayu and Indra, who presided over the air and sky, he is one of the supreme gods in Rig Veda. The link between heaven and earth, he is associated with Vedic sacrifice, taking offerings to the other world in the fire. Agni is a deva, second only to Indra in the power and importance attributed to him in Vedic mythology. Agni stands for knowledge for it is seen by the learned people, covering all things that move and do not move and because it is summers the Devatas endowed with knowledge. The light Agni units are the light of knowledge, therefore it is known as an illuminator of knowledge who lights up the path leading to truth.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the first of the Vedas. Or Which is the oldest Vedic literature.
How can you say that the Rig Vedic Age was the Non Iron using the phase of Vedic history?
What was the position of women in the Rig Vedic age?
Name the two political institutions which exercised check on the powers of the King in the Rig Vedic period.
Mention the important features of the religion of the early Vedic period.
State the importance of Sacrifices in the early Vedic ritual.
With reference to the following explains the main features of the Rig Vedic Economy:
Trade Transactions, Crafts and Transportation
What are known as the Varnashramas? Name them.
What was known as the ‘Sapta Sindhu’?
Give one point of difference between the Early Vedic Period and Later Vedic Period.
