About the Book-:Rig Veda means praise/verse of knowledge. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas. The others are: Yajur Veda or Yahurveda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. The Rig Veda is the oldest of them and it consists of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses in all, organised into eight-part books. The book is a modern Oriya translation of the Rig Veda the most ancient document. This is a word translation from Sanskrit to Odia so as to enable the learned readers to contemplate the meaning of the Mantras themselves. The Series has been divided into 8 volumes. The book is a must for the scholars and the shelves of all the libraries. The book is the third volume in the series. It deals with Mandala 7 and 8 of the Rig Veda. The Seventh Mandala consists of 104 Sooktas and 840 Mantras.