Rgvedic Dialogue Hymns (ऋग्वैदिकसंवादसूक्तानि)

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The Rigveda contains a number of samvada suktas where a conversation between two entities (animate and inanimate) is presented in the sukta. It represents the earliest surviving sample of this genre, and can be thought of as an early precursor of Sanskrit poetics and dramaturgy.

Samvada or conversational form is a delightful style of teaching concepts. In the Rigveda we find that such suktas abound with refined linguistic aspects rich in sentiment and emotional expressions along with poetic eloquence. Many scholars have declared that these suktas gave the impetus to subsequent generations to develop the art of dramaturgy. The Vedic samvadas are believed to originate from sources which are either aitihasik (historical) or kavi-kalpana (poetic imagination). Commentators such as Sayanacharya and Madhavaacharya focused on the bringing out the rich poetic and literary aspects instead of paying more attention to the characters or place of the storyline mentioned in the sukta.[1]

The commentaries for the samvada suktas indicate natural phenomenon in the Brahmana granthas, Nirukta, other texts such as Brhaddevata. Many western scholars have studied the samvada suktas to express other perspectives of the suktas such as the spiritual and ethical aspects. Samvada style of presenting mantra meanings are specifically found in the Rigveda. In Yajurveda and Atharvaveda we rarely find the samvada suktas while in Samaveda a clear such sukta is not found.

Samvada suktas found in Rigveda include[1][2]

  1. Indra Marut Samvada - 1.165
  2. Indra Agastya Samvada - 1.170
  3. Agasthya Lopamudra Samvada - 1.179
  4. Vishvamitra Nadi Samvada - 3.33
  5. Indra Aditi Vamadeva Samvada - 4.19
  6. Vasishta Vasishtaputra Samvada - 7.33
  7. Vasishta Sudas Samvada - 7.83
  8. Indra Nema Samvada 8.100
  9. Yama Yami Samvada (यम यमि सम्वादः) - 10.10
  10. Indra Vasukapatni Samvada - 10.28
  11. Agni Devagana Samvada - 10. 51 to 53
  12. Indra Indrani Vrshakapi Samvada - 10.86
  13. Pururava Urvashi Samvada (पुरुरवा-ऊर्वशी संवादः) - 10.95
  14. Sarama Pani Samvada (सरमापणिसंवादः) - 10.108

Some suktas are said to be in the samvada shaili (style) of presentation although the Anukramanika does not mention so.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dr. Ramnath Vedalankar (1976) Vedom ki varnan shailiyan. Haridwar: Shraddhanand Shodh Sansthan (Page 152 onwards)
  2. ↑ Dvivedi, Kapil Dev. (2000) Vaidika Sahitya evam Samskrti (Vedic Literature and Culture). Varanasi: Vishvavidyalaya Prakashan. (Pages 44-61)
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