The sources of Rigveda

1. Manu 21 authority 21 citations · 55 passages

   maṇḍala 1 13 passages anchored here · maṇḍala 2 2 passages anchored here · maṇḍala 3 6 passages anchored here · maṇḍala 4 3 passages anchored here · maṇḍala 6 6 passages anchored here · maṇḍala 7 2 passages anchored here · maṇḍala 8 11 passages anchored here · maṇḍala 10 12 passages anchored here

   Manu is cited repeatedly as the founding lawgiver whose establishment of the hotar-office and descent legitimizes the ritual.

   Let Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman — devourers of the wicked — take their seats on our sacred grass, as befits Manu's descendants.

2. Bṛhaspati 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   maṇḍala 10 2 passages anchored here

   The hymn presents Bṛhaspati's granted speech as the authoritative means by which rain is won.

   When Devāpi, appointed purohita for Śaṃtanu, having been chosen for the Hotṛ's office, blazed with compassion — Bṛhaspati, bestowing what the gods hear, what wins rain, gave him speech.

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maṇḍala 1 27 sources

Brahmaṇaspati's mantra naming Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman · Gāyatra song of Takvan · Gāyatrī and Arka hymn-forms · Kuśika clan poetic tradition · The ancient seers' testimony to Indra's power · The horse-head teaching of the Soma nectar · The praise-hymn celebrated by the Varsagiras · Tvāṣṭra mystery (secret nectar teaching) · ancient knowledge concerning Viṣṇu's greatness · hymn-tradition of the Aṅgirasas · hymns and praises of the ancient sages · praise-tradition of the ancient seers · the Aśvins' former aid to Kaṇva · the Nivid formula · the Vala myth / finding of the cows (Aṅgirases' tradition) · the ancestral ṛṣi lineage (Dadhyac, Aṅgiras, Priyamedha, Kaṇva, Atri, Manu) · the ancient proclamation naming the gods · the ancient seers' invocations of Uṣas · the ancient thought of Atharvan and Dadhyañc · the fashioning of Indra's vajra · the gods' command to fashion four sacrificial cups · the poetic manner of Aṅgiras · the praise-hymn of the Gotamas to Agni · the sacred truths declared by the ancient watchers of ṛta · the teaching that the one Being is called by many names · the Ṛgveda-hymns · Śunaḥśepa's invocation of Varuṇa

maṇḍala 2 6 sources

Sāman (Sāmavedic chant) · the Bhṛgus' placement of Agni among the peoples of Āyu · the ancient hymns and heroic precedent of the Aṅgirases · the earlier deeds and hymns of the Gṛtsamadas · the manner of praise of the Uśijs · the nivid (ancient invocatory formula)

maṇḍala 3 5 sources

Ancestral wisdom and deeds of the Navagvas and Daśagvas · The Aṅgirasa priestly tradition · The Kuśika family's invocation lineage · sacred prayer of Viśvāmitra · teaching/gift of Jamadagni

maṇḍala 4 5 sources

ancestral poetic speech inherited from Gotama · the ancient ordinances · the craft/poetic tradition of the Bhṛgus · the laud/poetic tradition of Uśanas · the tradition of the ancient seers regarding Bṛhaspati's primacy

maṇḍala 5 9 sources

Atri's precedent as protected devotee and model singer · Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice) ritual tradition · Legend of Śunaḥśepa's release · Manu's primordial sacrificial precedent · Sāman (chant melodies) · Tradition of the ancients sacrificing to Agni · hymns composed in the manner of Atri · the niggardly Paṇi's saying on worthiness · Ṛc (verse hymns)

maṇḍala 6 5 sources

Atharvan's churning of Agni · Varuṇa's ordinance (vrata) · the Bhṛgus' establishment of Agni · the Nivids (liturgical invocation formulas) · the ancient praises and hymns of the Fathers and the seven seers

maṇḍala 7 11 sources

Divine ordinance of the twelve months · Jamadagni's hymns of praise to Sarasvatī · Ordinances of Aditi · Vasiṣṭha's hymns of praise to Sarasvatī · ancestral hymns to the Maruts · hymn tradition of the Aṅgiras priests · hymns of the Vasiṣṭha lineage · hymns/formulas of the ancient seers (former Ṛṣis) · teaching of the seers on Varuṇa's wrath · the ancient ordinances of Agni · Śakvarī verses (sacred formulas of the Vasiṣṭha fathers)

maṇḍala 8 21 sources

Ancient sacred formula (Ṛta chant) · Dog-sacrifice hymn (Śvaghnī) · Gāyatrā (metre/hymn) · Hymn of the Seven Heads · Ordinances of Mitra · Sāman of the Pajras · Triṣṭubh (metre/impulse) · Uśanā Kāvya's establishment of Agni as hotar · Vyaśva's precedent of praising Indra · the ancient guidance of the Priyamedhas · the ancient praise-song · the declaration of Mandhātṛ and the Aṅgirasas · the eastern invocation to the Vājinīvasus · the hymn composed by the Gotamas · the hymns of Atri · the manner of praise of Nabhāka · the praise of Priyamedha · the precedent invocation of Bhṛgu · the speech (recitation) of Virūpa · the traditional manner of invoking Agni · the vows and ordinances of Mitra and Varuṇa

maṇḍala 9 12 sources

Deeds of the ancient fathers · Ordinances of Varuṇa · Poetic wisdom (kāvya) of Uśanas · Pāvamānī hymns · Uśanas's poetic craft (kāvya) · Wisdom-chants of Nahuṣa's race · ancient hymns of praise (pūrvya stoma) · dharman (sacred ordinance) · hymn of Medhyātithi · the Bhṛgus' smiting of the niggard · the heritage of Jamadagni · the revelation of Navagva and Dadhyañc

maṇḍala 10 27 sources

Aṅgiras's invocation of Savitṛ · Bṛhat Sāman · Rathaṃtara Sāman · The compact/law of Mitra and Varuṇa · The first cosmic laws (established at the Puruṣa sacrifice) · The precedent of Atharvan · hymns of the ancient seers · svadhā (the primordial self-law) · teaching on the Brahman's offence and the Brahman's wife · teaching on the power of Dakṣiṇā · the Gāyatrī and Triṣṭubh metres · the Nārāśaṁsa-Soma formula (praise-offering to the Fathers) · the Vedic meters (Gāyatrī, Uṣṇih, Anuṣṭubh, Bṛhatī, Virāj, Triṣṭubh, Jagatī) · the Yajus verse (sacrificial formula) · the ancient path of song/tradition · the insight and poetic tradition of the Gṛtsa (Gṛtsamada) clan · the insight of Vimada · the ordinance of Mitra and Varuṇa · the praise-shout identifying the speaker with Indra · the primordial sacrifice performed by the ancient fathers/seers · the ritual formulas vaṣaṭ and namaḥ · the teaching that Being was born from Non-Being and the generations of the gods followed · the true, hidden nature of Soma · the vow/law (vrata) of the gods · the Ṛk (chanted hymns) · Ṛc and Sāman · Ṛk, Sāman, and Yajus (the Vedic verses, chants, and sacrificial formulas)

The harvest records where a citation is made: the paragraph in the citing book, and the chapter that paragraph stands in. It does not record which page of this book is meant. Where the citing text names a locus, you will find it in the quotation.

1. Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) Anonymous (Vedic) 1 authority 1 citation

   kanda 5

   The passage explicitly names 'the Ṛg-veda' as one term of its cow-correspondence series, invoking it as a recognized textual authority.

   she bears the Sāman as her embryo.

2. Manusmṛti Manu 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages

   chapter 4 2 passages anchored here

   Named specifically and distinguished by its deities and its interruption rule relative to the Samaveda

   When the sound of the Samaveda is heard, one should never study the Rigveda or the Yajurveda;

3. Vīramitrodaya Mitra Miśra 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   chapter 1 2 passages anchored here

   The Ṛgveda is explicitly named twice ('The Ṛgveda-śruti says...') and quoted as scriptural proof for claims about time and the seasons.

   Therein, first, the authorities for the existence of Time are the *śruti* and other scriptures.

4. Yājñavalkya Smṛti Yājñavalkya 1 authority 1 citation

   chapter 1

   Explicitly named as one of the four Vedas whose daily study is prescribed.

   With honey and milk, the twice-born who studies the Ṛg-Veda daily gratifies the gods, and the Ancestors with honey and ghee.