Multiple choice

The Rigveda consists of

  1. 1000 hymns

  2. 2028 hymns

  3. 1028 hymns

  4. 1055 hymns
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Explanation

The Rigveda, the oldest of the four Vedas and one of the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language, contains exactly 1028 hymns (suktas) organized into 10 books (mandalas). The first 8 books contain roughly 1000 hymns, while Books 9 and 10 add the remaining 28 hymns. This precise number is well-established in Vedic scholarship.

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