Atharvaveda
Sign in to saveThe Atharvaveda or Atharva Veda (, , from अथर्वन्, "priest" and वेद, "knowledge") is the "knowledge storehouse of atharvans, the procedures for everyday life". The text is the fourth Veda, and is a late addition to the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism.
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The Atharvaveda is the fourth and latest addition to Hinduism's sacred Vedic scriptures, containing practical knowledge and procedures meant for everyday life rather than ritual ceremonies. It serves as a knowledge storehouse compiled by the atharvans, a priestly class, and offers insights into the daily practices and concerns of ancient Hindu society.
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- Four Vedas
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- Vedic Sanskrit
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- Vedic period ( 1200–900 BCE)
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- 20 kāṇḍas
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- 5,977 mantras
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27 sectionsContents
- Etymology and nomenclature
- Dating and historical context
- Text
- Recensions
- Organization
- Contents
- Samhita
- Surgical and medical treatment
- Charms against fever, jaundice and diseases
- Remedy from medicinal herbs
- Spells and prayers to gain a lover, spouse
- Speculations on the nature of man, life, good and evil
- Prayer for peace
- Brahmana
- Upanishads
- Mundaka Upanishad
- Mandukya Upanishad
- Prashna Upanishad
- Manuscripts and translations
- Influence
- Medicine and health care
- Literature
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
The Atharvaveda or Atharva Veda (, , from अथर्वन्, "priest" and वेद, "knowledge") is the "knowledge storehouse of atharvans, the procedures for everyday life". The text is the fourth Veda, and is a late addition to the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism.
The language of the Atharvaveda is different from Rigvedic Sanskrit, preserving pre-Vedic Indo-European archaisms. It is a collection of 730 hymns with about 6,000 mantras, divided into 20 books. About a sixth of the Atharvaveda texts adapt verses from the Rigveda, and except for Books 15 and 16, the text is mainly in verse deploying a diversity of Vedic meters. Two different recensions of the text – the and the – have survived into modern times. Reliable manuscripts of the Paippalada edition were believed to have been lost, but a well-preserved version was discovered among a collection of palm leaf manuscripts in Odisha in 1957.