Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1984

c7.1984

(i) There are ten Maṇḍalas in Ṛgveda. The Maṇḍalas from two to seven are written by different Ṛṣi families. The second Maṇḍala was written by the Bhārgava family of ṛṣis, the third by the Viśvāmitra family, the fourth by that of Vāmadeva, the fifth by Atri, the sixth by that of Bharadvāja and the seventh by the family of Vasiṣṭha. Fifty Sūktas of the first Maṇḍala and the whole of the eighth Maṇḍala were written by Kaṇva.