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The eighth Mandala of the Rigveda has 103 hymns. Other than the "family books" (Mandalas 2–7, dated as an old part of the RV) and RV 1 and RV 10 (dated as the latest portion of hymns composed shortly before redaction of the Rigveda into shakhas ), Mandala 8 cannot straightforwardly be dated as a whole relative to the other books, and its hymns may include both ancient and late specimens. Most hymns in this book are attributed to the kāṇva family. The hymns 8.49 to 8.59 are the apocryphal vālakhilya, the majority of them are devoted to Indra ; these are accepted as a recent portion, properly already post-Rigvedic.

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4-461: RV8 may refer to: Mandala 8 , the eighth mandala of the Rigveda MG RV8 , a sports car produced by MG Cars Van's Aircraft RV-8 , a kit aircraft Sonata No. 7 in C minor, RV 8, from Antonio Vivaldi's Twelve Trio Sonatas, Op. 2 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

8-847: The Asvins , the Maruts , the Adityas , Varuna , Mitra-Varuna , the Vishvadevas , and Soma . 8.100 is dedicated to Indra and Vak (Speech). Of the Valakhilya, six hymns are dedicated to Indra, and one each to the Asvins, the Vishvadevas and Indra-Varuna. 8.55 and 8.56 praise "Praskanva's Gift", the reward given to the rishi by Dasyave-vrka "the wolf of the Dasyus", a hero who in alliance with

12-782: The Kanvas has won a victory over the Dasyus . According to some scholars, the 8th Mandala has the most striking similarity to the Avesta .: it contains allusions to Afghan flora and fauna, e.g. to camels ( úṣṭra- = Avestan uštra (c.f. Zaraθ-uštra ; RV 8.4.7, 8.5.37, 8.46.22, 8.46.31; elsewhere in the RV only in 1.138.2). The river name Suvastu in 8.19.37 refers to the Swat River in Gandhari . The dedication as given by Griffith

16-540: The same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RV8&oldid=582455689 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mandala 8 The hymns are dedicated to Indra , Agni ,

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