The Rig Veda, core of the Hindu scriptural canon, is a collection of over a thousand hymns; above all it is a glorious song of praise to the gods, the cosmic po

One of the great choral works of the 20th century, Gustav Holst's "Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda" is a hauntingly beautiful setting of ancient Indian texts. Fe

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Excerpt from Rig-Veda Sanhita A Collection of Ancient Hindu Hymns, Constituting the Second Ashtaka, or Book, of the Rig-Veda; The Oldest Authority for the Relig