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Rig Veda

Structured metadata for the hymns of the Rig Veda

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Turns the Rig Veda's corpus of Vedic hymns into queryable JSON: which gods are praised, which poets composed the verses, and which metrical patterns they follow. Endpoints slice the material by mandala, deity, poet, meter or category, with an expanded mode for hymn-level detail. It runs on a free Render instance, so the first request after an idle period may cold-start before later calls settle around one second.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 43 · dying
Uptime history
6.9%90 days
3.3%30 days
129P50 · ms
556P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 76 ms, slowest 556 ms, most recent 129 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://indica-1hwj.onrender.com/rv/v3/meters

{
  "meters": {
    "Abhisarini": 2,
    "Anushtup": 281,
    "Ashti": 6,
    "Atidhriti": 1,
    "Atyashti": 28,
    "Brihati": 91
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://indica-1hwj.onrender.com/rv/v3/meters"
const res = await fetch("https://indica-1hwj.onrender.com/rv/v3/meters");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://indica-1hwj.onrender.com/rv/v3/meters")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 2DyingFULL DOCS ↗
Dying — error rate climbing on GET /meters129 mschecked 4h ago
GET/metersPROBED

Structured metadata for the hymns of the Rig Veda

GET/meters?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Rig Veda: common questions

Is Rig Veda free to use?

Yes — Rig Veda is a free books & words API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Rig Veda need an API key?

No — Rig Veda needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Rig Veda from the browser?

Not directly — Rig Veda doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Rig Veda up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Rig Veda is dying with 6.9% uptime over 90 days and a 129 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.