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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''second Mandala''' of the '''[[Rigveda]]''' has 43 hymns, mainly to [[Agni]] and [[Indra]] chiefly attributed to the Rishi ''[[Grtsamada|{{IAST|gṛtsamada śaunohotra}}]]''. It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda.<br />
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[[Michael Witzel|Witzel]] (1995) on the basis of internal evidence suggested that the second Mandala contains the oldest hymns of the Rigveda.<ref>Michael Witzel, Rgvedic history: poets, chieftains and politics, in: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity. The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia, ed. G. Erdosy, Berlin/New York (de Gruyter) 1995, 307-352; Witzel, "Westward Ho"</ref> <br />
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==List of incipits==<br />
The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets<br />
<poem><br />
2.1 (192) [ [[Agni]].] {{IAST|tvám agne dyúbhis tuvám āśuśukṣáṇis}}.<br />
2.2 (193) [Agni.] {{IAST|yajñéna ? vardhata jātávedasam}}<br />
2.3 (194) [ [[Apris]].] {{IAST|sámiddho agnír níhitaḥ pṛthivyâm}}<br />
2.4 (195) [Agni.] {{IAST|huvé vaḥ sudiyótmānaṃ suvṛktíṃ}}<br />
2.5 (196) [Agni.] {{IAST|hótājaniṣṭa cétanaḥ}}<br />
2.6 (197) [Agni.] {{IAST|imâm me agne samídham}}<br />
2.7 (198) [Agni.] {{IAST|śréṣṭhaṃ yaviṣṭha bhārata}}<br />
2.8 (199) [Agni.] {{IAST|vājayánn iva nû ráthān}}<br />
2.9 (200) [Agni.] {{IAST|ní hótā hotṛṣádane vídānas}}<br />
2.10 (201) [Agni.] {{IAST|johûtro agníḥ prathamáḥ pitéva}}<br />
2.11 (202) [ [[Indra]].] {{IAST|śrudhî hávam indra mâ riṣaṇyaḥ}}<br />
2.12 (203) [Indra.] {{IAST|yó jātá evá prathamó mánasvān}}<br />
2.13 (204) [Indra.] {{IAST|ṛtúr jánitrī tásyā apás pári}}<br />
2.14 (205) [Indra.] {{IAST|ádhvaryavo bháraténdrāya sómam}}<br />
2.15 (206) [Indra.] {{IAST|prá ghā nú asya maható mahâni}}<br />
2.16 (207) [Indra.] {{IAST|prá vaḥ satâṃ jyéṣṭhatamāya suṣṭutím}}<br />
2.17 (208) [Indra.] {{IAST|tád asmai návyam aṅgirasvád arcata}}<br />
2.18 (209) [Indra.] {{IAST|prātâ rátho ? návo yoji sásniś}}<br />
2.19 (210) [Indra.] {{IAST|ápāyi asya ándhaso mádāya}}<br />
2.20 (211) [ [[Asvins]].] {{IAST|vayáṃ te váya indra viddhí ṣú ṇaḥ}}<br />
2.21 (212) {{IAST|viśvajíte dhanajíte suvarjíte}}<br />
2.22 (213) [Indra.] {{IAST|tríkadrukeṣu mahiṣó yávāśiraṃ}}<br />
2.23 (214) [ [[Brahmanaspati]].] {{IAST|gaṇânāṃ tvā gaṇápatiṃ havāmahe}}<br />
2.24 (215) [Brahmanaspati.] {{IAST|sémâm aviḍḍhi prábhṛtiṃ yá îśiṣe}}<br />
2.25 (216) [Brahmanaspati.] {{IAST|índhāno agníṃ vanavad vanuṣyatáḥ}}<br />
2.26 (217) [Brahmanaspati.] {{IAST|ṛjúr íc cháṃso vanavad vanuṣyató}}<br />
2.27 (218) [ [[Adityas]].] {{IAST|imâ gíra ādityébhyo ghṛtásnūḥ}}<br />
2.28 (219) [ [[Varuna]].] {{IAST|idáṃ kavér ādityásya svarâjo}}<br />
2.29 (220) [ [[Visvedevas]].] {{IAST|dhŕtavratā âditiyā íṣirā}}<br />
2.30 (221) [Indra and Others.] {{IAST|ṛtáṃ devâya kṛṇvaté savitrá}}<br />
2.31 (222) [Visvedevas.] {{IAST|asmâkam mitrāvaruṇāvataṃ rátham}}<br />
2.32 (223) [Various Deities.] {{IAST|asyá me dyāvāpṛthivī ṛtāyató}}<br />
2.33 (224) [ [[Rudra]].] {{IAST|â te pitar marutāṃ sumnám etu}}<br />
2.34 (225) [ [[Maruts]].] {{IAST|dhārāvarâ marúto dhṛṣṇúojaso}}<br />
2.35 (226) [ [[Ap (water)|Son of Waters]].] {{IAST|úpem asṛkṣi vājayúr vacasyâṃ}}<br />
2.36 (227) [Various Gods.] {{IAST|túbhyaṃ hinvānó vasiṣṭa gâ apó}}<br />
2.37 (228) [Various Gods.] {{IAST|mándasva hotrâd ánu jóṣam ándhaso}}<br />
2.38 (229) [ [[Savitr|Savitar]].] {{IAST|úd u ṣyá deváḥ savitâ savâya}}<br />
2.39 (230) {{IAST|grâvāṇeva tád íd árthaṃ jarethe}}<br />
2.40 (231) [ [[Soma (deity)|Soma]] and [[Pusan]].] {{IAST|sómāpūṣaṇā jánanā rayīṇâṃ}}<br />
2.41 (232) [Various Deities.] {{IAST|vâyo yé te sahasríṇo}}<br />
2.42 (233) [ [[Kapinjala]].] {{IAST|kánikradaj janúṣam prabruvāṇá}}<br />
2.43 (234) [Kapinjala.] {{IAST|pradakṣiníd abhí gṛṇanti kārávo}}<br />
</poem><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Rigveda}}<br />
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