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In what ways are the books we read today differnent from the Rigveda?  

Answer:

The Aryans prepared collection of humns known as Rigveda. The oldest Veda is the Rigveda, composed about 3500 years ago. The Rigveda includes more than a thousand hymns, called sukta or zvell-said. Some of the hymns in the Rigveda are in the form of dialogues. Archae- ologists find out about the past in this Veda. Rigveda is the main source of information about vedic culture, which gives us the information about religious, social and economic life of the people. The Rigveda is in old or Vedic Sanskrit, which is different from the Sanskrit you leam in school these days. The books we use are written and printed. The Rigveda was recited and heard rather than read. It was written down several -centeiries after it was first composed, and printed less than 200 years ago. Another different is that from Vedas we get the knowledge of our laast heritage which is almost true.