🔆 Key Terms from Rig Vedic Period 📍 Assemblies & Officials ✅ Sabha → Assembly performing judicial functions. ✅ Samiti → Folk assembly for tribal decision-making. ✅ Sabhavat → Women attending the assembly. ✅ Madhyamsi → Mediator in disputes. ✅ Sangrahitri → Treasurer. ✅ Bhagadugha → Tax collector. ✅ Akshavapa → Account officer. ✅ Ugra → Police official. ✅ Jivagrabha → Authority responsible for capturing criminals. ✅ Prashnavinak → Judges. 📍 Beliefs & Deities ✅ Avrata → People disobeying god’s ordinances. ✅ Pushan → God of Shudras. 📍 Cattle & Society ✅ Gau (Cow) → Central to Rig Vedic culture, many names with the suffix “Gau” exist in Rig Veda. ✅ Godhuli → Used as a measure of time. ✅ Gavyuti → Unit for measuring distance. ✅ Duhitri → Term for daughter, as she used to milk cows. ✅ Gavisti → Refers to conflicts and battles. ✅ Gavesana → Search for cattle. ✅ Gayat → Term for hostilities. ✅ Gauri & Gavala → Buffalo. ✅ Gomat → Owner of cattle. ✅ Gojit → Winner of cows. 📍 Scholars & Rishis ✅ Hotra/Hotri → Rishis expert in Rigveda. ✅ Udgatri → Expert of Samaveda. ✅ Adhvaryu → Expert in Yajurveda. #history #prelims_facts #prelims #ancient