The Advaitist

Below is a table which shows the family tree/ genealogy of the writers of Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda. Please Note: The symbol " |----- " means "descendant of" and not necessarily "son of". bhooma a~Ngirasa |----- bhauma atri |----- dharuNa A~Ngirasa |----- budhagaviShtarau Atreyau |----- prabhUvasu A~Ngirasa |----- kumAra Atreya |----- vasushruta Atreya |----- Isha Atreya |----- gaya Atreya shakti |----- sutaMbhara Atreya |----- gaurivIti shAktya |----- pUrU Atreya |----- dvita mRRittavAhA Atreya |----- vavri Atreya |----- prayasvanta Atr

Below is a table which shows: a. The authors of the different hymns in Rig Veda Mandala 05 b. The number of hymns each author has in Mandala 05 c. The same number as a percentage of 87 (the total number of hymns in RV 5) d. Average length of the hymn - in other words, the average number of verses in a hymn per author   S.No Author Hymns PercentageHymns AvgHymnLength 1 budhagaviShtarau Atreyau 1 1.15%                          12 2 kumAra Atreya 1 1.15%                          12 3 vasushruta Atreya 4 4.60%                          11 4 Isha Atreya 2 2.30%                            9 5 gaya Atreya 2 2.30%                            7 6 sutaMbhara Atreya 4 4.60%                            6 7 dharuNa A~Ngirasa 1 1.15%                            5 8 pUrU Atreya 2 2.30%                           

Below is a table which shows the family tree/ genealogy of the writers of Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda. Please Note: The symbol " |----- " means "descendant of" and not necessarily "son of". gotamA purukutsa |----- vAmadeva gautama |----- trasdasyu paurUkutsya suhotrA |----- purUmILhAjmIlhau sauhotro

Below is a table which shows: a. The authors of the different hymns in Rig Veda Mandala 04 b. The number of hymns each author has in Mandala 04 c. The same number as a percentage of 58 (the total number of hymns in RV 4) d. Average length of the hymn - in other words, the average number of verses in a hymn per author S.No Author Hymns      PercentageHymns  AvgHymnLength 1 vAmadeva gautama 55 94.83% 10 2 trasdasyu paurUkutsya 1 1.72% 10 3 purUmILhAjmIlhau sauhotro 2 3.45% 7