[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) › c7.61 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c7.61 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c7.61 - **Language:** English ### [c7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.61) Large numbers of technical, ritualistic words and expressions crowd the pages of the Rig-Veda. Its metres are finished and conventional to a very high degree; they are also, to some extent, distributed among the gods, so that a given metre is associated especially with a certain god. For instance, the \*gāyatrī\* is the metre of the god Agni; the \*trishtubh\* the metre of the god Indra. They are also distributed to some extent according to the time of the day: the \*gāyatrī\* in the morning, the \*trishtubh\* at noon, the \*jagatī\* at evening. Above all, the advanced character of the Rig-Veda's ritual manifests itself in the large number of different designations for priests. These occur not only singly, but in series: the names of these priests are largely, though not entirely, the names of the priests of the later ceremonial.¹ - [Previous: c7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.60) - [Next: c7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.62) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.61) · Pramāṇa