About the Book-: Rig Veda or 'Rigveda' means praise/verse of knowledge. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of The Rig Veda is the oldest of them and it consists of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses Hinduism known as the Vedas. The others are: Yajur Veda or Yahurveda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda and all organized 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 oriya so as to enable the learned readers to contemplate the meaning of the Mantras themselves. The text is written in easy conversational modern English. The Series has been divided into 8volumes. 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.