* Rishi Narayana — seer of the Purusha Sukta of the Rig Veda.

* Rishaba — Rishi mentioned in Rig Veda and later in several Puranas, and believed by Jains to be the first official religious guru of Jainism, as accredited by later followers.

While the term ahimsa is not officially mentioned, one passage in the Rig Veda reads, " Do not harm anything.

Ex nihilo creation is found in creation stories from ancient Egypt, the Rig Veda, the Bible and the Quran, and many animistic cultures in Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America.

The Rig Veda, one of the oldest religious scriptures in the world, contain several references to the use of Dundhubi ( war drum ).

Arya tribes charged into battle to the beating of the war drum and chanting of a hymn that appears in Book VI of the Rig Veda and also the Atharva Veda where it is referred to as the " Hymn to the battle drum ".

Given the age of the Rig Veda being at least 1500 BC or before, this must rank as the earliest practice of beating of the war drum in the history of mankind.

In the Rig Veda, the belief ( or observation ) that a natural justice and harmony pervades the natural world becomes manifest in the concept of rta, which is both ' nature's way ' and the order implicit in nature.

This hearkens back to the conception of the Rig Veda that " Ekam Sat ," ( Truth Is One ), of the idea that Brahman is " Sacchidananda " ( Truth-Consciousness-Bliss ).

This word has been used as an epithet of various Vedic deities, like Varuna, and has been attested in the Holy Rig Veda, possibly the oldest compiled book among the Indo-Europeans.

However, a new translation of two stanzas of the Rig Veda indicate that the Brahmins may have had the idea, common among small-scale societies around the world, that an individual cycles back and forth between the earth and a heavenly realm of ancestors.

Rig Veda 1. 164. 46,

The Rig Veda discusses monotheistic thought, as do the Atharva Veda and Yajur Veda:

" Devas are always looking to the supreme abode of Vishnu " ( tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sṻrayaḥ Rig Veda 1. 22. 20 )

" The One Truth, sages know by many names " ( Rig Veda 1. 164. 46 )

* Sanskrit Mitra ( म ि त ् र ः), found in the Rig Veda.

The Atharva Veda, representing an independent tradition markedly different from the other three Vedas, is a rich source parallel to the Vedic traditions of the Rig, Sam and Yajur Vedas, containing detailed descriptions of various kinds of magical rituals for different results ranging from punishing enemies, to acquisition of wealth health, long life, or a good harvest.

Opium has been actively collected since prehistoric times, and may be the soma plant ubiquitously mentioned in the Rig Veda.

Earliest reference to panentheistic thought in Hindu philosophy is in a creation myth contained in the later section of Rig Veda called the Purusha Sukta, which was compiled before 1100 BCE.

Another excerpt from the Rig Veda states ( Book 10 Part 02, Hymn XVI ):

See Rig Veda.

* c. 1500 BC: Many scholars date early parts of the Rig Veda to roughly the 16th century.

In Rig Veda, the abode of Dyaus Dyulok is regarded as Fountain-head of God-the Primeval Purusha.

The Rig Veda uses the term Hiranyagarbha, ( literally " golden fetus " or " golden womb "), which floats around in emptiness for a while, and then breaks into two halves which formed heaven ( Dyaus, in Greek Zeus ) and earth

In the " family books " of the Rig Veda ( e. g. RV 6. 64. 5 ), Ushas is the divine daughter — a — of Dyaus Pita " Sky Father.

One phrase of the Rig Veda appears to indicate an epithet that has been attributed to the form of Vishnu as Narasimha.

The Samkhya notion of buddhi or mahat is similar to the notion of hiranyagarbha which appears in both the Rig Veda and the Shvetashvatara Upanishad.

Some archaeological evidence, the Roman Rig dyke, near modern Sheffield, appears to show that it was a defended border, with large earthworks set back from the frontier.

Rig and furrow was a type of cultivation practised in upland areas of the British Isles which differs from the more common ridge and furrow in that it appears to have been created through excavation by spade rather than plough.

To the Rig Veda, the ancient collection of sacred hymns, the wore golden helmets and breastplates, and used their axes to split the clouds so that rain could fall.

Three hymns ( 10, 14, and 35 ) in the 10th book of the Rig Veda are addressed to him.

Savitr is celebrated in eleven whole hymns of the Rig Veda and in parts of many others, his name being mentioned about 170 times in aggregate.

The one class consisting of the direct personifications of abstract notions such as desire is rare, occurring only in the very latest hymns of the Rig veda and due to that growth of speculation which is so plainly traceable in the course of the Vedic age.

< blockquote class =" toccolours " style =" float: none ; padding: 10px 15px 10px 15px ; display: table ;"> here are in the last book of the Rig Veda some hymns which treat the origin of the world philosophically rather than mythologically.

Asura: Like many other gods, Savitr is mentioned as ‘ asura ’ in many hymns of the Rig veda.

Even the earlier Mandalas of Rig Veda ( books 1 and 9 ) contains hymns which are thought to have a tendency toward monotheism.

See also Rig Veda hymns to the fire altar.

All the hymns of third mandala of the Rig Veda is ascribed to Vishwamitra who is mentioned as son of Gathi, including the Gayatri mantra.

Rig Veda 10. 22. 8 describes the Dasa-Dasyus as a-karman ( non-performers of Aryan sacrifices ), anya-vrata ( observers of other rites ) and in Rig Veda 10. 105. 8 they are described as anrc ( non-singer of laudatory hymns ).

Sanskrit literature begins with the Rig Veda a collection of sacred hymns dating to the period 1500 – 1200 BCE.

The tradition dates back to the ancient Samaveda, ( sāma meaning " ritual chant "), which deals with the norms for chanting of srutis or hymns such as the Rig Veda.

Twenty of the 1028 hymns of the Rig Veda are dedicated to the Dawn: Book 7 has seven hymns, books 4 – 6 have two hymns each, and the younger books 1 and 10 have six and one respectively.

They were Saivite brahmins. There is evidence to the point that they professed Rig veda at that time. Sambandar is fondly represented with a glowing black tilted tuft in all statues and murals which like other servitors like the three thousand ancient servitor priests of nearby chidambaram temple who are praised in sambandar's hymns denote service to lord haran. This is also well referenced in hagiographies.

Throughout the ceremony, Vedic hymns from the Rig Veda, the Ganapati Atharva Shirsha Upanishad, and the Ganesha stotra from the Narada Purana are chanted.

This group of seers also figures in the Rig Veda itself: their hymns are mostly connected with lingustics.