Editing Hymn (section)

== Hindu hymnody ==
[[File:1500-1200 BCE, Vivaha sukta, Rigveda 10.85.16-22, Sanskrit, Devanagari, manuscript page.jpg|thumb|Sanskrit manuscript page from the "Vivaha sukta" ''[[Rigveda]]'', dated 1500–1200 BCE]]
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{{see also|Vedic Chant|Bhajan|Arti (Hinduism)}}

''The [[Rigveda]]'' is the earliest and foundational Indian collection of over a thousand liturgical hymns in [[Vedic Sanskrit]].<ref name="Rigveda">{{cite book |title=The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India |volume=1 |translator1=Stephanie W. Jamison |translator2=Joel P. Brereton |url={{Google books|1-PRAwAAQBAJ|plainurl=yes}} |place=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |page=3 |isbn=978-0-19-937018-4}}</ref>

Between other notable [[Hinduism|Hindu]] hymns (''[[stotra]]s'' and others) or their collections there are:
* ''[[Naalayira Divya Prabandham]]''
* ''[[Ram Raksha Stotra]]''
* ''[[Saundarya Lahari]]''
* ''[[Shiva Stuti]]''
* ''[[Shiva Tandava Stotram]]''
* ''[[Tirumurai]]''
* ''[[Vayu Stuti]]''

A hymnody acquired tremendous importance during the medieval era of the [[bhakti movement]]s. When the chanting ([[bhajan]] and [[kirtan]]) of the [[devotional song]]s of the poet-[[sant (religion)|sants]] ([[Basava]], [[Chandidas]], [[Dadu Dayal]], [[Swami Haridas|Haridas]], [[Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu|Hith Harivansh]], [[Kabir]], [[Meera Bai]], [[Namdev]], [[Nanak]], [[Ramprasad Sen]], [[Ravidas]], [[Sankardev]], [[Surdas]], [[Vidyapati]]) in local languages in a number of groups, namely Dadu panth, [[Kabir panth]], [[Lingayatism]], [[Radha-vallabha]], [[Sikhism]], completely or significantly replaced all previous [[Sanskrit literature]]. The same and with the songs of [[Baul]] movement. That is, the new hymns themselves received the status of holy scripture. An example of a hymnist, both lyricist and composer is the 15th–16th centuries [[Assam]]ese reformer guru [[Sankardev]] with his ''[[borgeet]]''-songs.<ref name="Schomer">{{cite book |editor-surname1=Schomer |editor-given1=Karine |editor-surname2=McLeod |editor-given2=W. H. |title=The Sants: Studies in a Devotional Tradition of India |place=Delhi |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |series=Berkeley Religious Studies Series |year=1987 |isbn=978-81-208-0277-3 |url={{Google books|OkKhOivXrhgC|plainurl=yes}} |oclc=925707272}}</ref><ref name="Sivaramkrishna">{{cite book |year=1996 |editor-surname1=Sivaramkrishna |editor-given1=M. |editor-surname2=Roy |editor-given2=Sumita |title=Poet-Saints of India  |place=New Delhi |publisher=Sterling Publ |url={{Google books|zMvlDsnEgRoC|plainurl=yes}} |isbn=81-207-1883-6}}</ref>