*🛡️The Rig Veda* ♟️The Rig Veda is the earliest of the Vedas. It is a collection of 1,028 hymns in Vedic Sanskrit. ♟️Many of these are beautiful descriptions of the nature. The prayers are largely for seeking worldly prosperity. ♟️It is believed that these recitations are the natural outpouring of the Vedic Rishis, experiencing a mentally transcendental stage. ♟️Some of the well-known Rishis are Vasistha, Gautama, Gritasamada, Vamadeva, Vishvamitra and Atri. ♟️The prominent gods of the Rig Veda are Indra, Agni, Varun, Rudra, Aditya, Vayu, Aditi and the Ashwini twins. ♟️Some of the prominent goddesses are Usha - the goddess of dawn, Vak - the goddess of speech and Prithvi - the goddess of earth.