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The hymns of the Rigveda were composed by sages known as:

AVish
BRishis
CRajas
DDasas
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Rishis
1. Priests taught students to memorise each syllable. 2. The composers were rishis. 3. A few hymns were composed by women. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 4, What Books and Burials Tell Us._
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