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 1 Intro,  2 |   the end of the Rigveda the number of stanzas contained in
 2 Intro,  4 | according to the diminishing number of stanzas contained in
 3 Intro,  4 |  according to the increasing number of the hymns in each of
 4 Intro,  4 |  according to the decreasing number of their stanzas, beginning
 5 Intro,  4 |    RV. and the fact that the number of its hymns (191) is made
 6 Intro,  4 |    were composed by a large, number of seers of different families,
 7 Intro,  6 |      two-thirds of the total number of stanzas in the RV. The
 8 Intro,  6 |  shows, the principle is the number of syllables only, and)
 9 Intro,  7 |    RV. to be thirty-three in number, being divided into three
10 Intro,  7 |  course not included in this number. The gods were believed
11 Intro,  7 |  stanzas. By far the largest number of hymns is addressed to
12 Intro,  7 |    their mother Aditi. Their number is stated in the RV. to
13 Intro,  7 | individual names or definite number, is that of the Vasus, whose
14 Intro,  7 |   Besides the higher gods, a number of lesser divine powers
15 Intro,  8 | stanzas (i. 164), in which a number of enigmas, largely connected
16 Intro,  10|      knowledge about a large number of words in the RV. Hence
17   3       |    in the plural only. Their number is thrice sixty or thrice
18   6       |     and as 90, 99, or 100 in number. Indra. shatters them and
19  18       |  gods of the RV., though the number of the hymns in which he